Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault

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2. Thank you - More people need to understand that this was a neocon operation and there are reasons

for everything that has happened. International Republican Institute and Poland trained Right Sector members to overthrow the government. Remember McCain there? He is heavily involved in the IRI.

Lots of propaganda. Putin has mostly been reacting in this case.

Ukraine **annexed** Crimea some years ago. They never wanted to be part of Ukraine and the "Autonomous Republic" was the compromise. Crimea had it's own Constitution and Parliament via the compromise. But Ukraine overruled the compromise and rewrote Crimea's constitution, effectively removing much of their independence. Crimea had it's own Parliament, and they had the authority to request the referendum. It was not until after teh Crimean gov asked for help that Russia became involved.

So all of this is heavily propagandized and much more complicated than presented.