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The '''Maidan coup''' (''pron: My-dan coo'') or '''Ukrainian crisis of 2014''' was a violent U.S-backed anti-democratic [[color revolution]] which brought the [[neo-fascist]] '''Maidan regime''' to power in [[Ukraine]].  It began when the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of [[President Viktor Yanukovych]] was overthrown on February 22, 2014, following months of agitation by the [[Obama]] State Department and [[John Brennan]]'s [[CIA]].  It was an extension or continuation into [[Europe]] of the [[Obama administration]]'s failed "[[Arab Spring]]" [[regime change]] policy and widely seen as [[Western civilization|Western]] [[imperialism]].

The '''Maidan coup''' (''pron: My-dan coo'') or '''Ukrainian crisis of 2014''' was a violent U.S-backed anti-democratic [[color revolution]] which brought the [[neo-fascist]] '''Maidan regime''' to power in [[Ukraine]].  It began when the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of [[President Viktor Yanukovych]] was overthrown on February 22, 2014, following months of agitation by the [[Obama]] State Department and [[John Brennan]]'s [[CIA]].  It was an extension or continuation into [[Europe]] of the [[Obama administration]]'s failed "[[Arab Spring]]" [[regime change]] policy and widely seen as [[Western civilization|Western]] [[imperialism]].

With the overthrow of the democratically elected government, in April 2014 the majority Russian populations in [[Crimea]] and [[Donbas]] voted for re-incorporation into the Russian Federation in popular plebiscites; Crimea's request for re-admission was accepted by the Russian State Duma,<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2016/03/18/behind-the-crimearussia-reunion/</ref> while the Donbas territories were rejected. The [[Donetsk People's Republic|Donetsk]] and the [[Lugansk People's Republic]]s then declared independence as the fascist Maidan regime implemented a full-scale policy of [[ethnic cleansing]] and began artillery shelling of civilian residential neighborhoods to drive ethnic Russians and Russian-speakers out of the former Ukrainian territories.  The newly declared independent republics organized their own defense militias.   

With the overthrow of the democratically elected government at least 6 million Ukrainian refugees fled to Russia for asylum.  In April 2014 the majority Russian populations in [[Crimea]] and [[Donbas]] voted for re-incorporation into the Russian Federation in popular plebiscites; Crimea's request for re-admission was accepted by the Russian State Duma,<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2016/03/18/behind-the-crimearussia-reunion/</ref> while the Donbas territories were rejected. The [[Donetsk People's Republic|Donetsk]] and the [[Lugansk People's Republic]]s then declared independence as the fascist Maidan regime implemented a full-scale policy of [[ethnic cleansing]] and began artillery shelling of civilian residential neighborhoods to drive ethnic Russians and Russian-speakers out of the former Ukrainian territories.  The newly declared independent republics organized their own defense militias.   

In February 2015 peace talks were held in [[Minsk]], [[Belarus]].<ref>http://cnsnews.com/news/article/marathon-talks-produce-ukraine-peace-deal-cease-fire-sunday</ref> As of February 2022 big cities like [[Donetsk]], Lugansk,<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/02/27/world/europe/ukraine-divisions-crimea.html?_r=0</ref> Horlivka, Makiivka or Debaltseve<ref>https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/02/19/ukraine-withdrawal-from-besieged-town-90-percent-complete</ref> fell under control of the independent republics.

In February 2015 peace talks were held in [[Minsk]], [[Belarus]].<ref>http://cnsnews.com/news/article/marathon-talks-produce-ukraine-peace-deal-cease-fire-sunday</ref> As of February 2022 big cities like [[Donetsk]], Lugansk,<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/02/27/world/europe/ukraine-divisions-crimea.html?_r=0</ref> Horlivka, Makiivka or Debaltseve<ref>https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/02/19/ukraine-withdrawal-from-besieged-town-90-percent-complete</ref> fell under control of the independent republics.