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sodosopa | 6 years ago

> Ukraine liberalized its economy and it pretty much destroyed the place.

The Russian invasion destroyed the place.

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NaggingGranpa|6 years ago

Don't be thick. A handful of oligarchs seizing all the wealth created by Soviet "slave" labor and sharing very little did destroy Ukraine long before the loonies in Lviv decided to overthrow the shameless crook from the Donbas.

sodosopa|6 years ago

> Overthrow

Oh you mean the invading Russian forces.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/02/russian-disinformation-...

> By the next morning, soldiers in unmarked uniforms had taken the Crimean parliament and raised the Russian flag. Throughout the day, the little green men—as the irregular Russian soldiers came to be known—fanned out across the city, capturing government buildings. Soon, behind closed doors and under Russian guns, the autonomous region’s parliament voted to request Russian security assistance.