[AnonCoward42]

> Calling this a coup indicates lack of knowledge or intentional maliciousness.

Elected president gets forcibly removed -> coup. It's the definition of the word.

edit: I am not even sure how this can be malicious in any context.

[mopsi]

Early elections are not a coup: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap_election

[AnonCoward42]

So I can just make a threat of life to my national leader and make an early election and that is not a coup?

[mopsi]

Ukrainian president was not "forcibly removed", but replaced through general elections by the people of Ukraine. Early elections are a standard attribute of most parliamentary democracies. 55% voted for Petro Poroshenko, who became the next president. His closest competitor got 13%. Turnout was 60%.

This is the opposite of "illegal seizure of power by a small group", as coup is commonly defined.

[ImPostingOnHN]

was the russian revolution a coup?

Are all subsequent russian rulers illegitimate?