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It's pretty clear now that Russia doesn't effectively run Ukraine like was being presented at the start of this crisis, if they did you can be sure that Yanukovych wouldn't have fallen so easily. It's odd that whenever Russia looks to protect its interests in countries they're accused of just imposing their tyranny on them, and when any leader considers their interests to be more aligned with Russia they're accused of just being a puppet of Moscow. It's entirely reasonable why Russia would want a certain amount of influence in Ukraine and it's understandable why a lot of Ukrainians would support these ties with the East, considering that the country was a part of Russian for centuries.

At least the UK so far is approaching this pretty hesitantly, we don't want to rush into backing what seems like quite a diverse opposition with some sinister elements in a complex situation like this