Financier George Soros funded eastern European dissident groups in 1980s . Soros : Rightly or wrongly , both the rulers and the people of Russia harbor a deep resentment against the West , which the West has not come to grips with . In revolutionary times things normally impossible become possible . Comment: West failed many post-communist states ; Russia again an authoritarian regime .
Financier George Soros funded eastern European dissident groups in 1980s . Soros : In revolutionary times things normally impossible become possible . Comment: West failed many post-communist states ; Russia again an authoritarian regime .