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Here's the US's exceptionalist promotion of "democracy" in action; Washington has recognized a coup d'etat in Ukraine that regime-changed a - for all its glaring faults - democratically elected government.
And here is Russian President Vladimir Putin, already last year,
talking about how Russia and China decided to trade in roubles and yuan, and stressing how Russia needs to quit the "excessive monopoly" of the US dollar. He had to be aware the Empire would strike back.
Now there's more; Russian presidential adviser Sergey Glazyev told RIA Novosti, "Russia will abandon the US dollar as a reserve currency if the United States initiates sanctions against the Russian Federation."
So the Empire struck back by giving "a little help" to regime change in the Ukraine. And Moscow counter-punched by taking control of Crimea in less than a day without firing a shot - with or without crack Spetsnaz brigades (UK-based think tanks say they are; Putin says they are not).
Putin's assessment of what happened in Ukraine is
factually correct; "an anti-constitutional takeover and armed seizure of power". It's open to endless, mostly nasty debate whether the Kremlin overreacted or not. Considering the record of outright demonization of both Russia and Putin going on for years - and now reaching fever pitch - the Kremlin's swift reaction was quite measured.
Comment: It must be very hard for those 'journalists' who happily spread the U.S. drivel against Vladimir Putin and the late Hugo Chavez, to understand the depth and quality of sentiment which the former took the time to express for a man whom he admires.
Of all the above, only the bolded parts contain any truth, but also that "it is getting lonely in the Kremlin", yet not in the way the 'journalist' indented.
Chavez's death - nefarious indeed! - means that there are very few heads of states left in the world, with true understanding and courage in their purpose to care for their people, who can stand up to the U.S. psychopathic imperial machine and its allies. Losing one, is a loss for all of us who can See.