Stupid question, I know: Why shouldn't Ukraine split in two?

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115. The leaders of the "Orange Revolution" said some awful things that were not in our press

They scared the Russian speaking population and added to that were those who did not like the tone. That (along with what appeared to be ineffective policies) is why the Party of regions regained power.


Fact is that most of the country is not aligned with the coup. They are not interested in fighting each other and tend towards peaceful passivism.

In the last term Yanukovich became much less popular, but even so most of the population is not aligned with the Nationalists and what they have done. Most Ukrainians are "live and let live", and the reality of this situation is much of the country is ambivalent if not somewhat fearful of what is happening in Kiev.

I find it fascinating that folks here seem to believe that corruption only occurs in the party of regions. There is indeed a problem with corruption but the parties now in power were doing the same damn thing. And those MPs will maintain their power.