Another "realist", Dmitiry Medvedev, has come out with this:

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev does not appear to be joining the condemnation of the violent crackdown on protesters in Libya. Instead he has issued a warning about "decades of instability" in the Arab world if protesters whom he calls "fanatics" come to power, adding no similar scenario would be permitted in Russia.

"These states are not simple and it is quite likely that complicated developments may occur, including the rise of fanatics to power - this would mean decades of flames and the spread of extremism, let's look the truth in the eye," Medvedev was quoted as saying.
"They prepared such a scenario for us before and... they are trying to do it now. In any case, this attempt will fail," Medvedev told security officials in Vladikavkaz, a city in Russia's North Caucasus.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog...dates#block-21