Meet the Russian experts at the US government

"Experts also note that except for a few figures — such as Celeste Wallander, senior director for Russia and Eurasia on the National Security Council and Victoria Nuland, assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs".  Now Celeste is a trained academic expert in Russian foreign policy, but Victoria Nuland? Are you kidding me? She basically took a course in Russian literature as an undergraduate and that is the level of her expertise in Russian affairs--not to mention her references to Europe with obscenities.