Just in case you think I'm the only one who believes we helped implement a coup.
Vladimir Putin
Putin accuses US of orchestrating 2014 ‘coup’ in Ukraine
In a column for a German newspaper, the Russian president accuses Washington of manufacturing Yanukovich’s removal from office.
Putin said post-Cold War dynamics that left countries faced with an 'artificial choice' between siding with the West or Russia shaped the 'Ukrainian tragedy' of 2014 [File: Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via Reuters]
Published On 22 Jun 2021
22 Jun 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the 2014 popular uprising that saw former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich forced from office was the result of a “coup” orchestrated by the United States and supported by Washington’s European allies and appealed for greater cooperation on the continent.
Writing an op-ed in German newspaper Die Zeit to mark the 80th anniversary of Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, Putin on Tuesday described the toppling of Yanukovich as an “anti-constitutional armed coup”.
Just in case you think I'm the only one who believes we helped implement a coup.
Vladimir Putin
Putin accuses US of orchestrating 2014 ‘coup’ in Ukraine
In a column for a German newspaper, the Russian president accuses Washington of manufacturing Yanukovich’s removal from office.
Putin said post-Cold War dynamics that left countries faced with an 'artificial choice' between siding with the West or Russia shaped the 'Ukrainian tragedy' of 2014 [File: Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via Reuters]
Published On 22 Jun 2021
22 Jun 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the 2014 popular uprising that saw former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich forced from office was the result of a “coup” orchestrated by the United States and supported by Washington’s European allies and appealed for greater cooperation on the continent.
Writing an op-ed in German newspaper Die Zeit to mark the 80th anniversary of Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, Putin on Tuesday described the toppling of Yanukovich as an “anti-constitutional armed coup”.