“There have never been coups in Ukraine, but there have always been free people. Stop reading Russian newspapers,” Mykhailo Podoliak wrote back
The events that took place in Ukraine in 2014 were a coup d’état, Elon Musk said yesterday. “The election was questionable, but there is no doubt that it was a coup,” he tweeted.
The occasion for his words is an article by Professor John Mearsheimer, in which he claims that the overthrow of the Ukrainian government has exhausted the patience of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Reaction from Kyiv
“Free societies influence states through dialogue/elections. Enslaved societies take to the streets to get rid of repressive states. This is the basis of Freedom. There have never been coups in Ukraine, but there have always been free people. Stop reading Russian newspapers,” wrote back Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Zelensky, who apparently had not paid attention that Musk was quoting an article by an American professor.
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The author of the article is a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1982. A specialist in international relations, the author of six books and numerous articles, both in scientific publications and in the “Financial Times”, “New York Times”, “Economist” and others.
Free societies influence states via dialogue/elections. Enslaved societies take to the streets to get rid of repressive states. This is the basis of Freedom, @elonmusk.
There have never been coups in Ukraine, but there have always been free people. Stop reading Russian newspapers— Mykhailo Podolyak (@Podolyak_M) February 26, 2023
Chronology
At the end of 2013, protests began in the center of Kyiv, whose organizers accused Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych of refusing to sign an association agreement with the EU. In the course of the months-long rally, the radicals set up a tent camp, took over several administrative buildings and entered into an open struggle with the law enforcement agencies.
The confrontation culminated in the events of February 18-20, 2014, when there was also shooting by unidentified snipers. About 100 people died, and there were also victims among the soldiers from the special forces.
On the night of February 22, protesters took over the government quarter and the head of state was forced to leave Kyiv. The Rada passed a resolution declaring that Yanukovych had withdrawn from exercising constitutional powers, although he said he had no intention of resigning.
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