It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force.
It seems "reflection and choice" are rare notions in that part of the world.
Soviets were masters of deception and miss-information. Their world-wide network of Manchurian operatives skillfully manage useful idiots for their purpose; unilateral surrender. Putin deceives behind the curtain, using his tools (BHO et al)