I like how you badmouth Kiev as being backward and corrupt, but then whine when the Ukrainians got rid of their corrupt leader who was a puppet of Moscow.
Well we can almost agree on that.....although it's system of governance has been more a criminal mafia operation then anything resembling Governance....and basically leaving little to the Ukrainian people themselves.
......”Ukrainians got rid of their corrupt leader who was a puppet of Moscow”........
Well that WAS their intentions, but it wasn't the Ukrainian ‘citizens’ who ultimately took control of the Revolutions reins....as we all now fully now....and and why the New Government is folding in on itself. “They”, depending on who you want to call they of the Maidan, just got the rug pulled out from underneath them....they have served their purpose, time to go....while those really controlling this game board set up their Governance with their people. As for Yancovich...Putin didn't like him either...but he works with what's there to work with.....so he tolerated the creep and went ahead with business at hand.....similar to how he sees Obama....neither of which knew how to conduct foreign affairs.