> what you get when 2 super-powers choose a foreign country as a battlefield
- this is bullshit, because the driving force of the protests is disgust of the widespread corruption and rotting of the whole system. People are very tired of the general air of the lawless governing. EU does not act at all, as it seems to us, peaceful protesters. Though I agree that Russia can't be aside when a country is getting out of its sphere of influence.
> Ukraine's elites are split, but of course they are not the ones bleeding on the street.
- that is bullshit because protests have begun exactly with the average Joe's anger to Yanukovych decisions. The scale of protests was a great surprise to the opposition. Russians tend to greatly overestimate influence of elites on political process.
> The liberal west is using Nazi groups (far-right wing skinheads)
- this is bullshit, because Ukrainian nationalists are not Nazis and are not skinheads (who are widespread in Russia), Ukrainian nationalism is not based on ethnicity, it's based on idea of sovereign Ukrainian State living in peace with anyone who is not a threat to its existence and well-being. Yes, there are minor groups of real far right forces like S14, they are used heavily by Russian media to demonize Ukrainian nationalists, but they don't have any real influence.
> Yanukovych was at least elected
- Hitler also had been democratically elected, this does not justify any of his ensuing deeds.
> the people do not trust the opposition's leader
- it's true, we don't follow them blindly, they depend on Maidan much more than Maidan depends on them. We trust them as far as they express our will.
> None of this is for the good of Ukranian people
- me, as a Ukrainian, disagrees with you.
> Both sides are equally corrupted.
- this is a popular propaganda cliche to make people passive and to kill their will to change a corrupt leader. It is hard to imagine a person who can do more harm to Ukraine than Yanukovych did.
I live in Kiev and I am also very tired of explaining why these premises based on Russian propaganda, are not correct. Come to Maidan (it's easy if you live in Russia), see with your own eyes, then think again of all that bullshit.
