>>> when the government spends money of taxpayers, billions of dollars over years, on democracy in foreign states,

It's not the worst thing to spend money on. Taxpayers money are spent in billions - not over years, but in single year - on much worse projects with much less positive impact on human life. So if you're worried about taxpayer dollars, start with hundreds of examples of waste, abuse and corruption that are abundant in government funding. Once we're done with that, we can talk about cutting funds on promoting liberty and human rights. Otherwise sudden worry about taxpayers doesn't sound exactly genuine.

>>> the US has supported brutal dictators when that was advantageous to their their interests

Yes, they did. Yes, it was wrong. That doesn't make not supporting this particular one wrong.

>>> But the situation when there's potential foreign involvement in democratic process,

This is bullshit. There's no meaningful foreign involvement in democratic process in Russia, beyond promoting common humanistic notions like human rights and free elections and such. For heaven's sake, Obama can't even squeeze out a meaningful statement when Russian military invades Ukraine, calling it "uncontested arrival" instead, and you're talking about controlling Russian democratic process? They don't even think about it in their wildest dreams, their dreams are about golf anyway.

>>> They didn't vote for Stalin or Lenin or Mao. A crucial difference.

Not sure about Mao, but "elections" were regularly held in the USSR. Of course, everybody knew who would win it, but so everybody does in Russia. Nobody expected anybody but Putin to win elections, and anybody but ER to hold the majority in Duma. Not exactly the democratic situation here.

>>> Putin's persona was certainly affected/formed by 2004 Orange revolution in Ukraine.

No it wasn't. Putin is ex-KGB officer, he never was a a freedom-loving libertarian and always was keen on concentrating power.

>>> I'm sure that in 50+ years FOIA request will reveal what the assistance was in detail.

But you know about it right now. But can't tell me where from because it's super-secret, your eyes only. I get it.

>>> The fact is that US is supporting undemocratic coup

The coup is plenty democratic. It is made by the very same demos whose kratos you're so worried for. Of course not everybody is happy with it, especially in pro-Russian regions, but you can't expect to hold referendum before a revolution. After - maybe, but invasion from Russia is not exactly conductive to that.

>>> That is not exactly pro-Democracy, it's more about supporting "our" guy.

Errr, what "our" guy? There's no any specific guy there, and US had no idea until recently about most of the leaders there.

>>> It's more like knee-jerk sophistry reaction to people who believe that US can do no bad with covert foreign actions

That would be a lot more appropriate if there were such people around. But we're discussing the case where pro-Russia thug president Yanukovitch, after messing up very badly with very open and explicit Russian support, runs away to Russia, and immediately Russia sends their military into Ukrainian territory - and it's US that is "meddling" and is to blame for the situation? You may not like "rabid patriots who condone foreign interventions" but you certainly sound a lot like one.

>>> provoke authoritarian states to became even more authoritarian

That sounds like classic psycho killer line - "look what you made me do!". No, dictators are to blame for their dictatorship, not some vague clandestine meddling.