02-23-2014, 04:06 PM
max wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26299670
Of course it might not have been the best democratic government, but then again an elected regime usually reflects the country that chose it. It also was a major improvement over what was there just ten years ago.
(Putin) might be right, there are tremendous riches of natural resources to be had for an enterprising colonial power. Like Germany and Austria, ...
You must be reading some article other than the one you linked to, because there's scarcely anything in that BBC link that supports your conclusions.
"MPs have replace(d) the parliamentary speaker and attorney general, appointed a new pro-opposition interior minister and voted to free jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko."
"MP" stands for Member of Parliament; elected officials.
"The protests first erupted in late November when Mr Yanukovych rejected a landmark association and trade deal with the European Union in favour of closer ties with Russia."
"In a statement, the interior ministry said the police force was "at the service of the people and completely shares its aspirations for rapid changes"."
Unless there was more at this link which doesn't seem to work:
max wrote: Ukraine is just a first step and we are quite open about doing it."SORRY, THE PAGE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR COULD NOT BE FOUND"
http://www.upi.com/blog/2014/02/06/Stat ... 391726555/