Not another former Ukrainian leader, the same former Ukrainian leader twice. He is being accused of treason for continuing Ukraine's agreement with a country with which they were not at war, with the support of half the population who had just won the election.

Everything the post-revolution government has done over the past eight years has proven they are utterly incapable of being magnanimous in victory; Yanukovich retreating has only made them worse. This is an important lesson that needs to be drilled into the heads of conservatives.