Some cold, hard facts they don’t tell you about Ukraine - PETER HITCHENS
(hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk)
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Also all the Ukrainians governments since 1991 have been democratically elected. Including the both parliamentary interim governments, the first one back in 1991 with the vote by the Supreme Soviet that just turned into the Rada.
And, as to speak of the parliament, the Ukrainians never even destroyed their parliament with tanks. Unlike the Russians in 1993. When the Russians killed hundreds (officially) or thousands (estimate) of their fellow Russians in central Moscow, in just 2 days that didn't even involve almost any actual fighting, just chaotic slaughter of mostly bystanders - people randomly machine gunned in the streets. Very and typically Russian. Which is how a coup looks like (the tanks), and was the second in Moscow in 2 years.
Also 92% have voted for the Ukrainian independence from Moscow in 1991 (with 84% of voters taking part in the referendum). The "yes" voters included the majority of the ethnic Russians. Since you suddenly care about democracy so much, and for the will of the Russian minority (who in a large part are descendants of the colonialists who have replaced the millions of Ukrainians systematically exterminated by the Soviets).
As always, don't be shy and tell me how much do you like these facts, and should Putin mention any of it.