[McGruff]

We're not talking about history here just the current situation. Putin hasn't invaded, at least not yet. Looks like half of Ukraine would support him anyways.

[ncalburt]

So . Putin was on the ballot.? did not see him.
An invasion was on the ballot too .....

Did not see that vote either.
The Russian puppet hide his Putin allegiance and ran on a pro West platform which was a lie.
The woman in this photo was jailed after she lost , .
she was a political prisoner.
You dud not even know those facts.

Stop peddling KGB thug murder Putin propaganda here !

[brooklyn dave]

the bright red region to the west (near Polish border)is also the Ukrainian Catholic region—with big ties to the Ukie diaspora. Tymoshenko has ties to Ukie community in NYC, too bad she is a crook—makes Ukies look bad.

[Kozak]

Voting for Yanukovych does not translate into wanting to be part of Russia.
Read about what he did when in power, lots of Ukrainians have changed their mind about him.

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/mar/01/ukraine-haze-propaganda/

[Eurotwit]

Support of Yanukovich does not equal support or Putin.

Even Yanukovich largest financial backer has publically renounced the Russian action on Crimea.

However, there probably is a large degree of overlap between the two.

[FreeReign]

We're not talking about history here just the current situation. Putin hasn't invaded, at least not yet. Looks like half of Ukraine would support him anyways.

BS.

Yanuk was elected promising that he would trade with Europe and not Russian. Then he broke his promise.

Then 75% of the parliament impeached him.

LOL. That how much support there is.