Viktor Yanukovych is the latest addition to the global list of petty corrupt dictators tossed out of power by popular protests. But up until recently, a fair-minded biography of the 63-year-old Ukrainian might have described Yanukovych as a political survivor. Things did not have to turn out this way, according to Alexander Motyl, an expert on Ukraine and Russia and professor of political science at Rutgers University. Motyl spoke with me on Monday morning and the following is a lightly edited transcript. Where did things start to go wrong for Viktor Yanukovych? Almost immediately after his election in March 2010,...