This is a time-line based analysis of events in the Ukraine between October and December 2013, before I began paying closer attention to Euromaidan. It was written mostly to help me understand what has been happening there—a sort of political notebook. I don’t approach these events agnostically. I am inclined to support the analysis of Ukrainian Marxists, including a Marxmail subscriber as well as some blogs I have been following. Just as is the case with Syria, the Ukrainian socialist movement is very weak but that does not have any effect on my views. There is wide sympathy for Putin out there, from Stephen F. Cohen at the Nation Magazine to Pat Buchanan of the ultraright who just defended Putin on the McLaughlin Report in terms indistinguishable from Cohen. I make up my own mind based on a survey of available information. For those who like to follow the crowd, don’t let me stand in the way.
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