Quote (Meanwhile @ Aug 9 2023 01:42am)
2014 "coup" ...
Ukraine’s parliament voted 328–0 (about 73% of its 447 members) to remove President Viktor Yanukovich, who abandoned his Kiev office.
The "president" had to flee to his mother Russia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych#Fleeing_to_RussiaOn a side note:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TitushkyTitushky were employed by the Yanukovych government with a reported daily pay of 200 hryvnia. Some of them were also suspected to be illegal formations of combat troops carrying concealed pistols. Their aim was to intimidate and disperse demonstrations by opponents of the government, and attack participants and representatives of the media. The term is sometimes translated as "Rent a Thug."
To summarize:
These 3 points are demolishing the "coup" designation made by russian propagandists:
- Yanukovich deliberately lied about joining EU / investments to get elected, then later turned back: protests were perfectly justified
- Yanukovich pro-russian secret police used paid thugs in an attempt to turn the protests into violent riots to proceed (and excuse) repression
- Constitutional vote: Ukraine’s parliament voted 328–0 (about 73% of its 447 members) to remove President Viktor Yanukovich
To respond to your post because I didn't get around to formulating a reply:
The vote was a completely illegitimate vote under coercion from pro-USA thugs who physically removed any dissidents
I'm not denying that the pro-Russia government used thugs to provoke violence at protests, in fact the current USA is still doing this today... and Ukraine is guilty of the exact same thing.
These are all rhetorical arguments you are using to justify the 2014 coup.
And I don't even think the 2014 coup was a bad thing or unjustified. I think Western nations treat their citizens better than Russian nations. That doesn't change the FACT that it was a violent illegal coup and Russian response to it is legitimate