Is any one at all surprised to see an establishment Republican operative taking money to support a Fascist government?
If you read carefully, you will find out that there was a transition from Communism to mafia gangsterism. Many old Soviets willingly gave up the communist manifesto ideology because it actually placed some restraints on their behavior. Now places like Ukraine and Russia has no political ideology, just pure power, black market money and the worst kind of politics imaginable is used to defend and justify it.
I'm just surprised that Karl Rove didn't get the job first.