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In the same month the [[Obama administration]] quietly put out for bid to American contractors their planned project to renovate a school in [[Sevastopol]], in [[Crimea]], in Ukraine, in the location where Russia since 1783 had (and still has) its largest naval base:

In the same month the [[Obama administration]] quietly put out for bid to American contractors their planned project to renovate a school in [[Sevastopol]], in [[Crimea]], in Ukraine, in the location where Russia since 1783 had (and still has) its largest naval base:

::''Federal Contract Opportunity for Renovation of Sevastopol School #5, Ukraine N33191-13-R-1240. The NAICS Category is 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. Posted Aug 20, 2013. Posted by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (DOD - Navy). The work will be performed at Sevastopol 99000.''

:''Federal Contract Opportunity for Renovation of Sevastopol School #5, Ukraine N33191-13-R-1240. The NAICS Category is 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. Posted Aug 20, 2013. Posted by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (DOD - Navy). The work will be performed at Sevastopol 99000.''<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20201102032416/https://ahtribune.com/world/europe/3622-how-the-war-in-ukraine-started.html</ref>

:This was before the Maidan coup, and there were 28 years still remaining on Russia’s lease there. That part of their plan — to terminate that contract and replace Russia’s largest naval base, by yet another U.S. naval base — got foiled by Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, protecting Crimeans when they (as soon as the coup occurred) demanded to have a referendum on becoming restored again to being a part of Russia, as they had been between 1783 and 1954 (when the Soviet dictator arbitrarily transferred Crimea, from the Russian part, to the Ukrainian part, of the Soviet Government).<ref>https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2011/S00116/how-the-western-press-lied-about-the-2014-coup-in-ukraine-pretending-that-it-was-instead-a-real-democratic-revolution.htm</ref>

This was before the Maidan coup, and there were 28 years still remaining on Russia’s lease there. That part of their plan — to terminate that contract and replace Russia’s largest naval base, by yet another U.S. naval base — got foiled by Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, protecting Crimeans when they (as soon as the coup occurred) demanded to have a referendum on becoming restored again to being a part of Russia, as they had been between 1783 and 1954 (when the Soviet dictator arbitrarily transferred Crimea, from the Russian part, to the Ukrainian part, of the Soviet Government).<ref>https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2011/S00116/how-the-western-press-lied-about-the-2014-coup-in-ukraine-pretending-that-it-was-instead-a-real-democratic-revolution.htm</ref>

In a 2013, an [[Obama administration]]-backed [[color revolution]] was unleashed, in which the Ukrainians nationalists protested against Yanukovych and wanted a pro-[[EU]] and [[NATO]] course by the government.<ref>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/vladimir-tismaneanu/ukrainian-people-power/</ref> These protests were dubbed "[[EuroMaidan]]".<ref>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/arnold-ahlert/putin-vs-pro-west-ukrainians/</ref> The key figures of the opposition were [[Victoria Nuland]], [[Yulia Tymoshenko]], [[Vitali Klitschko]] and neo-Nazi [[Oleh Tyahnybok]]. As a result, prime minister Mykola Azarov resigned<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25932352</ref> and Yanukovich was discontinued on February 22, 2014 by the parliament.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/02/22/ukrainian-protesters-claim-control-over-capital/</ref>

In a 2013, an [[Obama administration]]-backed [[color revolution]] was unleashed, in which the Ukrainians nationalists protested against Yanukovych and wanted a pro-[[EU]] and [[NATO]] course by the government.<ref>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/vladimir-tismaneanu/ukrainian-people-power/</ref> These protests were dubbed "[[EuroMaidan]]".<ref>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/arnold-ahlert/putin-vs-pro-west-ukrainians/</ref> The key figures of the opposition were [[Victoria Nuland]], [[Yulia Tymoshenko]], [[Vitali Klitschko]] and neo-Nazi [[Oleh Tyahnybok]]. As a result, prime minister Mykola Azarov resigned<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25932352</ref> and Yanukovich was discontinued on February 22, 2014 by the parliament.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/02/22/ukrainian-protesters-claim-control-over-capital/</ref>