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"In Russia, Putin’s regime has been able to develop a high counter mobilization capacity, putting large numbers of motivated supporters on the streets to neutralize or preempt opposition protesters. In Ukraine, Yanukovych and the PR never achieved anything near that. Instead, they relied on 'rent-a-crowds' of mainly apathetic young people (but with skinheads often in the mix too), who were paid to fill out regime-staged rallies. Yanukovych’s lack of a real popular-mobilization strategy left him vulnerable to the renewal of a collective challenge from below."

"His [Yanukovych's] presidency had come to a premature end amid unprecedented internal polarization and the worst state-sponsored violence against civilians that independent Ukraine had ever seen. Relying on public coercion and party-based patronage (much like Russia’s Vladimir Putin), Yanukovych had tried to keep a tight grip on the state and had indulged his own strong urge to crush dissent...

"Externally, Yanukovych’s ouster became a pretext for Russian interference with Ukrainian sovereignty, as Moscow disputed the legitimacy of his removal, seized control of the Crimean Peninsula, and promoted a violent separatist drive in the south and east...

"Yanukovych spent his first year in office laying the groundwork for autocratic rule. In doing so, he helped to transform Ukraine’s minimalist electoral democracy into an electoral authoritarian system. It featured a high level of contestation but also a flawed electoral process, few formal checks on the executive, and tight presidential control of several key 'independent' institutions."
PDF: academia.edu/download/34294783

Kremlin told U.S. it didn't want Trump's Ukraine-Russia envoy at peace talks

Keith Kellogg “is a former American general, too close to Ukraine. Not our kind of person, not of the caliber we are looking for,” a Russian official stated.

Trump, taking a knee to Vladimir Putin, quickly demoted Kellogg!
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nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna19598

Carney's first trip as PM is to visit Macron and King Charles III to reaffirm these deep economic and military alliances, ending with a trip to Nunavut as part of an effort to assert Arctic sovereignty under threat from Russia and soon America.

#Canada#UK#France