Key [[neoconservative]]s, such as [[Victoria Nuland]] and [[Sen. John McCain]], began pushing for the [[violent]] coup that in February 2014 ousted Ukraine's democratically elected President Viktor Yanukovych and touched off the [[new Cold War]] with Russia. Senior U.S. government officials reportedly told the leaders of the [[Svoboda party]] that the deaths of a few protestors would not be enough to change Western support, but the Yanukovych government would only change if the number of victims was greater than one hundred.<ref>https://rumble.com/vxdun0-the-maidan-sniper-massacre-revealing-ukraine.html</ref> As in [[Syria]] and other "[[Arab Spring]]" uprisings, ''[[agent provocateurs]]'' began shooting and killing people on both sides to provoke a civil insurrection. Almost 100 Soros-backed activists and 17 police officers were killed.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26079957</ref> George Friedman, chairman of ''Stratfor'', called it "the most blatant ''coup'' in history."<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2014/12/22/the-liberal-idiocy-on-russiaukraine/</ref><ref>https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2636177</ref> | Key [[neoconservative]]s, such as [[Victoria Nuland]] and [[Sen. John McCain]], began pushing for the [[violent]] coup that in February 2014 ousted Ukraine's democratically elected President Viktor Yanukovych and touched off the [[new Cold War]] with Russia. Senior U.S. government officials reportedly told the leaders of the [[Svoboda party]] that the deaths of a few protestors would not be enough to change Western support, but the Yanukovych government would only change if the number of victims was greater than one hundred.<ref>https://rumble.com/vxdun0-the-maidan-sniper-massacre-revealing-ukraine.html</ref> As in [[Syria]] and other "[[Arab Spring]]" uprisings, ''[[agent provocateurs]]'' began shooting and killing people on both sides to provoke a civil insurrection. Almost 100 Soros-backed activists and 17 police officers were killed.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26079957</ref> George Friedman, chairman of ''Stratfor'', called it "the most blatant ''coup'' in history."<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2014/12/22/the-liberal-idiocy-on-russiaukraine/</ref><ref>https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2636177</ref> |