that's one hell of a way to spin shooting your own civilians then running away to russia when things get too hot as the domestic population rises against you
if autocratic shitholes waging imperialist wars suddenly are afraid of doing business with the eu, i don't think it'll be a great loss. though you should question your values if you find yourself with allies like russia, iran and north korea
Duff, this is a terrible spin also. the former president told the army to avoid casualties at all costs. the whole revolution was only able to happen because he showed restraint. the guy had an army, most of the revolutionaries had malatov cocktails and not even any guns. he could have put the whole thing down in a day, but didnt because he didnt want to shoot his countrymen. he also had broad support from the domestic population, it was in the capital that he faced a massive amount of pressure.
this whole situation was a mess start to finish, but Yanukovych deserves a lot of credit for avoiding bloodshed. the fact that he may have been a deeply imbeded russian asset doesnt change that, and all signs point to him trying (and failing) to play a middle ground between the west and russia, not just favor russia.