> Only because it was one part of the USSR though.
What does it change?
> democratically elected government of the country was overthrown by the riots
After shooting at protesters and killing over 100 of them you lose all the legitimacy that comes from being democratically elected as far as I am concerned.
> included bona-fide neo-nazis
Among hundreds of thousands of people someone had nazi flags. It's OK to shoot at that crowd, obviously.
It's sad how Russians lost all hope of a modern, civilized and free country and accepted Putin autocracy. I pity you. Nothing will change there as long as Putin rules. Whole country stopped in time.
That is was perhaps Russia itself (the main entity in USSR) that designed, built, and put those weapons there.
>After shooting at protesters and killing over 100 of them you lose all the legitimacy that comes from being democratically elected as far as I am concerned.
So, if the Weimar Republic shot down the Nazis at Krystalnatch they'd lose their legitimacy?
Not to mention that this wasn't some "peaceful" conflict. 18 policemen where shot dead as well. If an armed revolt like that happened against the governments in many other places there would be much more than 1 to 5 ratio of police vs protesters deaths.
In the events of Mexico in 1968 for example, there were 300+ shot [1]. That government not only didn't lose its legitimacy, but enjoyed hosting the Olympics with all western nations participating. And those people were killed without such provocation (killing policemen) or toppling the government or anything, just for protesting. How's that for hypocrisy?
>Among hundreds of thousands of people someone had nazi flags.
"Someone"? 18 of the shot protestors (and thousands more in the protests) were members of neo-nazi parties and groups (e.g. Svodoba). Wikipedia: "Eighteen Svoboda members were killed in the Euromaidan protests and the 2014 Ukrainian revolution". They also got 3 ministers in the post-events government. [2]
What does it change?
> democratically elected government of the country was overthrown by the riots
After shooting at protesters and killing over 100 of them you lose all the legitimacy that comes from being democratically elected as far as I am concerned.
> included bona-fide neo-nazis
Among hundreds of thousands of people someone had nazi flags. It's OK to shoot at that crowd, obviously.
It's sad how Russians lost all hope of a modern, civilized and free country and accepted Putin autocracy. I pity you. Nothing will change there as long as Putin rules. Whole country stopped in time.