We have the Assistant Secretary of State on tape deciding who should be installed as the new leader.
The Ukrainian people were fed up with being ruled by a Russian puppet.
The Ukrainian people didn't revolt, Kievans did. Seven times more people voted for the Russian puppet than the guy installed in his place, but Yanukovych's support was out in the boondocks while Yatsenyuk's was concentrated in the capital. Imagine if 90% Democrat Washington, D.C. overthrew Trump - would that have been an expression of the will of the people?
We have the Assistant Secretary of State on tape deciding who should be installed as the new leader.
No, that's not what she said at all. She was talking to another person in the State Dept and described who she liked as candidates, which is an ordinary call for a diplomat to have. She didn't say anything about installing anyone.
The person who won, won as a result of a public vote taken by the Ukrainian parliament, not because of anything Nuland said in private.
The Ukrainian people didn't revolt, Kievans did.
No, large parts of the country did. More success was had in pro-EU areas and less in pro-Russia areas.
Seven times more people voted for the Russian puppet than the guy installed in his place
Yanukovych only got 48.95% in 2010 with 12,481,266, narrowly beating Yulia Tymoshenko who got 45.47%, to prevent her from running again.
The 2014 Ukrainian presidential election wasn't a 2-way race, it was a 5-way race, yet Petro Poroshenko still won with 54.70% & 9,857,308 votes. The vote total was SLIGHTLY lower (not 7x as you claim) because Russia invaded Crimea & Donbass, so those areas did not vote.
Yanukovych's support was out in the boondocks while Yatsenyuk's was concentrated in the capital.
I don't know why you are talking about comparing a President to Prime Minister Yatsenyuk when they are different positions & Petro Poroshenko, winner of the 2014 presidential election, is the relevant person to be talking about.
Imagine if 90% Democrat Washington, D.C. overthrew Trump - would that have been an expression of the will of the people?
Imagine if months later, they held a nationwide vote for President and someone else was democratically elected.
yes, "that have been an expression of the will of the people"
We have the Assistant Secretary of State on tape deciding who should be installed as the new leader.
The Ukrainian people didn't revolt, Kievans did. Seven times more people voted for the Russian puppet than the guy installed in his place, but Yanukovych's support was out in the boondocks while Yatsenyuk's was concentrated in the capital. Imagine if 90% Democrat Washington, D.C. overthrew Trump - would that have been an expression of the will of the people?
No, that's not what she said at all. She was talking to another person in the State Dept and described who she liked as candidates, which is an ordinary call for a diplomat to have. She didn't say anything about installing anyone.
The person who won, won as a result of a public vote taken by the Ukrainian parliament, not because of anything Nuland said in private.
No, large parts of the country did. More success was had in pro-EU areas and less in pro-Russia areas.
Yanukovych only got 48.95% in 2010 with 12,481,266, narrowly beating Yulia Tymoshenko who got 45.47%, to prevent her from running again.
The 2014 Ukrainian presidential election wasn't a 2-way race, it was a 5-way race, yet Petro Poroshenko still won with 54.70% & 9,857,308 votes. The vote total was SLIGHTLY lower (not 7x as you claim) because Russia invaded Crimea & Donbass, so those areas did not vote.
I don't know why you are talking about comparing a President to Prime Minister Yatsenyuk when they are different positions & Petro Poroshenko, winner of the 2014 presidential election, is the relevant person to be talking about.
Imagine if months later, they held a nationwide vote for President and someone else was democratically elected.
yes, "that have been an expression of the will of the people"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Ukrainian_presidential_election