2014 Ukrainian coup d'etat: Difference between revisions
From ProleWiki, the proletarian encyclopedia
m (Added sources.) Tag: Visual edit |
(changed "imperialist-capitalist media" to bourgeois media) Tag: Visual edit |
||
| (7 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{DISPLAYTITLE:2014 Ukrainian coup d'état}} | |||
[[File:Euromaidan building.png|thumb|A burnt trade union building on February 20, 2014.]] | [[File:Euromaidan building.png|thumb|A burnt trade union building on February 20, 2014.]] | ||
The '''2014 Ukrainian coup d'état''', | The '''2014 Ukrainian coup d'état''', known in the [[Bourgeois media|bourgeois press]] as the '''Maidan Revolution''', was a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]-backed [[Fascism|fascist]]<ref>{{News citation|journalist=[[Max Blumenthal]]|date=2014-02-25|title=Is the US backing neo-Nazis in Ukraine?|url=https://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/|newspaper=Salon|retrieved=2022-02-12}}</ref> coup<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Conal Urquhart|date=2014-02-23|title=Ukraine MPs appoint interim president as Yanukovych allies dismissed – 23 February as it happened|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/23/ukraine-crisis-yanukovych-tymoshenko-live-updates|newspaper=The Guardian|retrieved=2022-02-12}}</ref> in [[Ukraine]] against president [[Viktor Yanukovych]]. | ||
After the coup, armed rebellions began against the Ukrainian government in [[Donbas]], forming the "people's republics" of [[Donetsk People's Republic|Donetsk]] and [[Lugansk People's Republic|Lugansk]].<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Oksana Grytsenko|date=2014-04-12|title=Armed pro-Russian insurgents in Luhansk say they are ready for police raid|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/war-against-ukraine/armed-pro-russian-insurgents-in-luhansk-say-they-are-ready-for-police-raid-343167.html|newspaper=Kyiv Post|retrieved=2022-02-12}}</ref> | |||
=== IMF involvement === | |||
President Viktor Yanukovych had refused to take a loan from the [[International Monetary Fund|IMF]] because it demanded a decrease in wages and education and health spending. After the coup, the new Ukrainian government took an IMF loan after cutting its gas subsidy for citizens for 50%.<ref>{{News citation|author=Prahbat Patnaik|newspaper=Peoples Democracy|title=The IMF Connection with the Ukraine Crisis|date=2022-03-06|url=https://peoplesdemocracy.in/2022/0306_pd/imf-connection-ukraine-crisis|retrieved=2022-06-19}}</ref> | |||
== References == | |||
<references /> | |||
[[Category:US-backed coups]] | |||
[[Category:Coups]] | |||
[[Category:Colour Revolutions]] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:23, 26 June 2023
The 2014 Ukrainian coup d'état, known in the bourgeois press as the Maidan Revolution, was a CIA-backed fascist[1] coup[2] in Ukraine against president Viktor Yanukovych.
After the coup, armed rebellions began against the Ukrainian government in Donbas, forming the "people's republics" of Donetsk and Lugansk.[3]
IMF involvement
President Viktor Yanukovych had refused to take a loan from the IMF because it demanded a decrease in wages and education and health spending. After the coup, the new Ukrainian government took an IMF loan after cutting its gas subsidy for citizens for 50%.[4]
References
- ↑ Max Blumenthal (2014-02-25). "Is the US backing neo-Nazis in Ukraine?" Salon. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ↑ Conal Urquhart (2014-02-23). "Ukraine MPs appoint interim president as Yanukovych allies dismissed – 23 February as it happened" The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ↑ Oksana Grytsenko (2014-04-12). "Armed pro-Russian insurgents in Luhansk say they are ready for police raid" Kyiv Post. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ↑ Prahbat Patnaik (2022-03-06). "The IMF Connection with the Ukraine Crisis" Peoples Democracy. Retrieved 2022-06-19.