Good god Dave are you really so thick? It was a popular uprising in which people lost their lives. The deposed president got rid of his female opponent on trumped up accusations, so who is the legal president?, then he turned to Europe which is what the majority of Ukranians wanted but no, under pressure from Putin opted to join the Russian/Asian federation which is not what the majority wanted.
T. hen what about the Tartars who make up 12% of Crimean population, are they to be persecuted as under Stalin?
Mate you make it sound like he locked up his opponent pre election as a way of winning, in fact she only polled aroun 20% of the vote anyways, and it was after the. election she was arrested on corruption, btw she's also a billionaire oligarch, who made her money the same time all the other russian ones did, but presumably you reckon she's the nice honest oligarch, she is corrupt as fook, the thing about her trial that was most criticised wasnt about her innocence it was about not following judicial practise in the arrest/prosecution.
About the reason for the uprising, your right, opinion polls suggested that the majority wanted closer ties, but newsflash mate, after the election in a democracy the leaders make the decisions, and they dont have to go on opinion polls on every decision like, see our own country for evidence of that.
The popular uprising was actually a weztern ukranian uprising centered around kiev and other more pro eu cities, how about the crimea and eastern ukraine who wished to keep their elected leaders hence not revolting against them, or do the views of those protesting always matter more?
As for the protesters who died, the exact people to blame is unclear, no investigation from the new ruli.g authorities, and a leaked conversation from an ambassador and senior politician places the deaths of both sides upon the same perpetraitors, leading a wise person to investigate who actually gained out if the situation in the immediate aftermath
