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Why the protest when elections were due within a year
Gwynne Dyer argues that Ukraine’s 2013 14 protests and the 2014 Maidan upheaval followed a 21 February 2014 deal promising new elections within a month. He notes eastern Ukraine’s pro Russian vote, Crimea’s annexation, and Russia’s role, framing Putin’s actions as wrong but not a path to world conquest.
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Ukraine
Viktor Yanukovych
Independence Square
the Maidan
Kiev
Putin
Yanukovych
European Union
NATO
Crimea
Donetsk
Lugansk