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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
His post is revisionist history. Yanukovych was actually elected on the promises of pursuing EU membership and eventual NATO partnership, but right after he got elected, he accepted a $15 billion bail out (ie. bribe) from Russia to abandon that plan and join an economic union with the Russian Federation. The citizens were rightly pissed off and revolted in order to have new elections.
Ukraine decided what they wanted, but Yakunovych went against what they decided.
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Some sources are reporting that Putin is trying to put Yakunovych back into power:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/fortune...ne-russia/amp/
If true, absolutely delusional to think Ukrainians would accept that.