You’ve probably seen this? Even Yanukovych’ party leader says that Yanukovych rule was a “catastrophe” and (in slightly less direct words) that Yanukovych had become a tyrant:
I have yet to see any serious evidence that ethnic Russians were mistreated by the gov’t. in Ukraine.
What is interesting is that this Borys Kolesnikov, the deputy head of the Party of Regions, and many of the protesters and right wing types alike, are all calling for an end to the rampant corruption. If they could put aside the use of ethnicity in their politics, they might be able to cooperate and actually get something done. If the Russian Russians would MTOB, that is.
One other thought: I’m quite sure that any FR poster who thinks Putin has gone too far would be tagged by RT and other Russian propaganda types as a Nazi. It’d be funny if it was not so sad.
Paul, I agree with your comments. You made some good points.