▁political ▁st ance ▁when ▁it ▁comes ▁to ▁Put in ' s ▁Russia , ▁which ▁he ▁feels ▁follows ▁the ▁dominant ▁theory ▁among ▁the ▁left ist ▁Western ers , ▁that ▁of ▁" Put in ' s ▁anti - dem ocr atic ▁cr us ade ▁largely ▁being ▁a ▁legit imate ▁reaction ▁to ▁the ▁host ile ▁policies ▁of ▁the ▁West , ▁especially ▁the ▁United ▁States ". ▁Dav ido ff ▁feels ▁the ▁document ary ▁" b ought ▁into ▁the ▁Kre ml in ▁version ▁of ▁history : ▁Put in ▁came ▁to ▁power , ▁put ▁an ▁end ▁to ▁the ▁' cha os ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ,' ▁took ▁the ▁country ▁back ▁from ▁the ▁o lig arch s ▁and ▁gave ▁Rus si ans ▁prosper ity ". ▁Dav ido ff ▁continues ▁by ▁comparing ▁the ▁current ▁Western ▁left ist ▁support ▁for ▁Put in ▁with ▁their ▁past ▁support ▁of ▁F idel ▁Castro ▁and ▁S add am ▁Hus sein : ▁" You ▁don ' t ▁need ▁consp i racy ▁theories ▁to ▁explain ▁this ▁particular ▁version ▁of ▁events . ▁In ▁the ▁dem ocr atic ▁West , ▁there ▁have ▁always ▁been ▁people ▁who ▁have ▁def ended ▁dict ators , ▁from ▁F idel ▁Castro ▁to ▁S add am ▁Hus sein . ▁They ▁didn ' t ▁get ▁paid ▁from ▁foreign ▁bank ▁accounts . ▁They ▁were ▁simply ▁left ▁wing ▁and ▁anti - American ". ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁Georgia – Russ ia ▁relations ▁Russia – U k raine ▁relations ▁Russia – Un ited ▁States ▁relations ▁Russia – Un ited ▁Kingdom ▁relations ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁