> The United States didn't do enough to help Russia transition to democracy in the 1990s. This wording implies an accident, or negligence. In fact, it was an i

> The United States didn't do enough to help Russia transition to democracy in the 1990s. This wording implies an accident, or negligence. In fact, it was an intentional and explicit policy of "shock doctrine" economic deregulation and ultra-liberalisation that led to the absolute misery of the 1990s, and the kleptocracy that continues to this day.