But it is not so. The Maidan showed true heroism and genuine desire to get rid of the Soviet past. And the new government is popular everywhere precisely because it is anti-Soviet:
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The population supports the government even in the East:
No question, the desovietization in Ukraine is only beginning. But in Russia the Soviets are on the rise. That is the problem.
Yes, right. They can gather a 5 thousand crowd in a city under a Ukrainian flag, and on another day there is a 10,000 crowd under the Russian flag.
And another 985,000 residents still don’t give a flying carp.