And the cost of keeping them in prison.

another puppet nation, under the boot of the IMF.

They stole as much money from Ukraine as the Somoza family did from Nicaragua, and it took the Somozas 40 years.

Bread and jobs are what all folks want, not ideological, personalized grudges waged.

And now comes IMF imposed austerity and a give away of resources, land and sovereignty to Western corporations.....another Greece in the making.

My relatives in Ukraine absolutely support the new regime and an alignment with the West, as does virtually everyone who doesn't live in rebel-controlled areas.

Those in the "approved" parties were not removed, only those in the opposition parties. If you think that the corruptions was confined to Yanukovich or the "Blue" parties you know nothing about the country and it's problems.

No, I didn't, and I know just as much or more about Ukraine as do you.

I live here and I can tell you that yes, Yanukovich most definitely was preferable.

Under Yanukovich...

• There was no war...
• Inflation was basically negligible
• The money retained it's value
• The economy was growing


Under the junta (and yes, there are a lot of people here that use that term)

• There is a war (blame Russia if you want, but anyone who paid attention to the Nazis were not surprised when they expressed their genocidal beliefs, and have already expressed their intent to overthrow Poroshenko if he does not pursue the war further).
• Inflation is expected to run over 250% this year, by some estimates
• The currency has lost 65% of its value during the previous 12 months
• Ukraine now has a lower standard of living than most of Africa, and by far the worst in Europe.
• Two of the largest employers in the country are on the verge of shutting down (though I understand that Boeing might be interested in purchasing one of those companies for about 10% of what it was worth a year ago).
• The war has devastated Ukrainian industry, most of which was based in the east.
• 50,000 dead (German estimate)
• 1 million plus refugees, most fleeing to Russia. Looks like a lot of people don't believe the government's propaganda about Russia.
• It's generally agreed that corruption is now worse than it's ever been in Ukraine.
• Pensions, education, healthcare have all been slashed

The point was about the present Kiev regime. Yakking about how bad something else was doesn't change it.

2) Your "fact" about Somoza is utterly meaningless (what calculation could demonstrate the comparison, and how would it be relevant).

3) Yanukovych was elected, and could have been voted out of office this year, without a coup d'etat, an attack on the Russian speakers, recruitment of Nazi paramilitaries, an insane civil war that has killed thousands, roping the international community into a new cold war, conscription, etc. etc.

Didn't recall you crying then...

Should what's left of Ukraine (assuming the remaining regions decide to stay united as one country) be "propped up" by Washington/EU, or Moscow?? It's going to be one or the other...

Seems fair.

Maybe you meant Alaska?

Get my point? (And, no: I didn't mean Alaska)

Don't hold your breath waiting for an answer.