How did it all begin, this animosity towards Russia and communism in general?

[westwall]

Some estimates have 100MM Chinese alone dying in the Cultural Revolution.
USSR only:
Holdomor
Purges
Gulag and the Great Terror
Invasion of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Chechnya, Hungary, Afghanistan

East German camps
Warsaw Pact oppression
Cuba
Chinese camps: 1MM Rohindra alone
North Korea IS A CAMP
Pol Pot

Yup, socialism....ideas so great you have to murder millions to prove it.

 

[AZrailwhale]

Not when it took a coup to bring it about, and you forget the agreement that was signed between the Maidan gang and Yanukovych to end the violence but the Nazi element said they wouldn't have it, not long after Government buildings were stormed by the mob, the deal would have given the Maidan gang almost everything but the Nazis had a different agenda,some people didn't want that deal and it wasn't Yanukovych it was the Coup leaders and their US/EU backers.

• The 2004 constitution will be restored within 48 hours, and a national unity government will be formed within 10 days
• Constitutional reform balancing the powers of president, government and parliament will be started immediately and completed by September
• A presidential election will be held after the new constitution is adopted but no later than December 2014, and new electoral laws will be passed
• An investigation into recent acts of violence will be conducted under joint monitoring from the authorities, the opposition and the Council of Europe
• The authorities will not impose a state of emergency and both the authorities and the opposition will refrain from the use of violence
• Illegal weapons will be handed over to interior ministry bodies

The agreement was later signed by Mr Yanukovych and opposition leaders Vitali Klitschko, Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Oleh Tyahnibok at the presidential administration headquarters in Kiev.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski tweeted, external that the deal was a "good compromise for Ukraine" which would open the way "to reform and to Europe".

Mr Sikorski told reporters on his return to Warsaw that Russia had played a constructive role in reaching the agreement.

The White House has welcomed Friday's deal, external, praising "the courageous opposition leaders who recognised the need for compromise".

President Barack Obama is due to speak to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, later on Friday.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron also welcomed the agreement and called on all sides in Ukraine to "get behind this deal and deliver it according to the timetable set out".

It wasn’t a coup. The entire Ukrainian elected government rejected the deal, it was a Russian power grab to keep Ukraine from making closer economic ties with the west and keep it as a Russian satellite state like Byelorussia still is,

 

[Mushroom]

You’re correct, I just looked up a list of presidents of Ukraine and Poroshenko was listed before Zelensky. My bad.

Viktor Yanukovych was the President before Poroshenko. Not counting Oleksandr Turchynov, who led the nation for three months after Yanukovych fled the country. A post he did not even attempt to run for, he had no interest in leading the country any longer than needed.

In my opinion the best kind of transitionary leader a nation can hope for. One that has absolutely no interest in actually running it, and only wants to help get it functioning again. And when Poroshenko was elected, he quietly stepped away.

 

[Deadstick]

It wasn’t a coup. The entire Ukrainian elected government rejected the deal, it was a Russian power grab to keep Ukraine from making closer economic ties with the west and keep it as a Russian satellite state like Byelorussia still is,

It was a coup no matter how many times you deny it, that Bitch Nuland and insane McCain were in Kiev causing trouble, Yanukovych was too soft those two idiots shouldn't have got past the airport, and like i said why didn't the Maidan gang stick with the agreement they made elections were going to take place no later that December 2014?

 

[Mushroom]

It wasn’t a coup. The entire Ukrainian elected government rejected the deal, it was a Russian power grab to keep Ukraine from making closer economic ties with the west and keep it as a Russian satellite state like Byelorussia still is,

When every single member of Parliament (including members of his own party) vote against him with not a single person supporting him, you know you have lost the total confidence of your people.

The Party of Regions at that time dominated the politics of Ukraine. But after it became a clearly "Pro-Russian" party and merged with two other Pro-Russian parties, disapproval was high in the country. Between 2010 and 2011 the opinion polls moved sharply against it for the Pro-Russian stance, dropping to less than 20% by the end of 2011. And by 2012 they were no longer the majority party in Parliament and only had 30% of the seats.

And those 72 members voted with all of the others unanimously to remove him from office and rip up his Constitution. And after he asked them to vote against his removal, they went a step farther and removed him and his top lieutenants from the party. And shortly after that the party was dissolved.

Even those in Ukraine that wanted to maintain close ties with Russia were made uncomfortable with his attempts to return them to being a Russian puppet state.

 

[Deadstick]

Which is exactly what "Finlandization" is. Either almost become a client state and do what the Soviet Union wants, or get invaded.

Not unlike what Ukraine had been facing the last decade or so.

They did agree to be neutral and friendly i posted the agreement they signed after the war they were lucky to still have a Country the Soviets didn't occupy.

 

[Deadstick]

When every single member of Parliament (including members of his own party) vote against him with not a single person supporting him, you know you have lost the total confidence of your people.

The Party of Regions at that time dominated the politics of Ukraine. But after it became a clearly "Pro-Russian" party and merged with two other Pro-Russian parties, disapproval was high in the country. Between 2010 and 2011 the opinion polls moved sharply against it for the Pro-Russian stance, dropping to less than 20% by the end of 2011. And by 2012 they were no longer the majority party in Parliament and only had 30% of the seats.

And those 72 members voted with all of the others unanimously to remove him from office and rip up his Constitution. And after he asked them to vote against his removal, they went a step farther and removed him and his top lieutenants from the party. And shortly after that the party was dissolved.

Even those in Ukraine that wanted to maintain close ties with Russia were made uncomfortable with his attempts to return them to being a Russian puppet state.

Many of those who voted against him were intimidated and threatened, spin it how you like it was a coup.

 

[Deadstick]

When every single member of Parliament (including members of his own party) vote against him with not a single person supporting him, you know you have lost the total confidence of your people.

The Party of Regions at that time dominated the politics of Ukraine. But after it became a clearly "Pro-Russian" party and merged with two other Pro-Russian parties, disapproval was high in the country. Between 2010 and 2011 the opinion polls moved sharply against it for the Pro-Russian stance, dropping to less than 20% by the end of 2011. And by 2012 they were no longer the majority party in Parliament and only had 30% of the seats.

And those 72 members voted with all of the others unanimously to remove him from office and rip up his Constitution. And after he asked them to vote against his removal, they went a step farther and removed him and his top lieutenants from the party. And shortly after that the party was dissolved.

Even those in Ukraine that wanted to maintain close ties with Russia were made uncomfortable with his attempts to return them to being a Russian puppet state.

Did you read the deal they signed up to?

 

[Ringo]

Towards the middle of March, 1946, a “Pravda” correspondent requested Joseph Stalin to clarify a number of questions connected with Winston Churchill’s famous "Iron Curtain" speech at Fulton, U.S.A. Below are J. V. Stalin’s replies to the correspondent’s questions.

Joseph Stalin on Winston Churchill’s Speech at Fulton

Towards the middle of March, 1946, a “Pravda” correspondent requested Joseph Stalin to clarify a number of questions connected with Winston Churchill’

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[the watcher]

Well there seems to be divided opinions on how this fear'hatred began. I guess it would be useless to speculate on how it will end.