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no, ukrainians made their decision when they elected yanukovych as president.
now just cause he didn't wanna be western puppet and wanted to preserve good relations with russia doesn't mean mean western opposition gets to remove him from power in a coup
What a gross mischaracterization. Yeah the Ukranians were just sitting idly twirling their thumb in complete contentment with Yanukovych, its not like there wasn't massive civil unrest leading up to the Maidan Revolution, on the back of killing of Civilians during the Euromaidan protests. Its not like Yanukovych was essentially ignoring the will of the people and the Parliament in refusing to sign the EU treaty, and was also passing repressive anti-protest laws, giving the Country the feel of dictatorship, with Yanukovych asking Russia to help suppress the rebellion. Clearly NO demonstration of Russian influence in Ukrainian Governance, which Ukranians expressly do NOT want. No, this is squarely the fault of "the West"...lol