“Ever since various factions have been fighting over who gets the biggest share of the corruption, not over how to reform the country.”
BINGO....
Ukraine has been a failed, mafia-run state since its inception. The corruption is on such a scale, from national to local, that it would make a Russian Oligarch blush.
It would have failed years ago if not for billions in Russian subsidies keeping it afloat.
The crime and mafia control of much of Ukraine has been well-documented for years.
The US State Department and the Obama Administration definitely backed the wrong horse in this one, but then, they have done that every single time now, in Tunisia, in Libya, In Egypt, and in Syria.
Another statement that shows your bias. Your "that it would make a Russian Oligarch blush" comment is hyperbole.
Russia is corrupt. Ukraine is a little bit more corrupt. One could list the corruption in both countries.
Business Insider lists Russia as the 127th most corrupt country and it lists Ukraine as the 144th most corrupt country.
And that was in 2013, under the Putin puppet, Yanukovich.
Remember him?
He's the guy that the Ukrainians told to leave.
Sounds like a good start. Certainly a better solution than having the 127th most corrupt country in the World Russia annex you.