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Disinfo: US did a tremendous job to organise Euromaidan in Ukraine

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In order to organise the Maidan in Ukraine, the United States has done a tremendous job. Gigantic and painstaking, scrupulous and titanic efforts were required in order to deploy the Maidan, to keep it, to keep hungry [people] on the street in the cold.

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A recurring pro-Kremlin narrative that claims the Euromaidan was a coup sponsored by the US.

The spontaneous onset of the Euromaidan protests was a reaction from several segments of the Ukrainian population to former President Yanukovych’s sudden departure from the promised Association Agreement with the European Union in November 2013, after pressure from Russia. See the full debunk, The Western-backed coup in Ukraine has torn the country asunder.

See similar disinformation cases alleging that a civil war began in Ukraine after the clique seized power in the country, that Euromaidan was an armed coup that resulted in an illegitimate transit of power, that after Euromaidan Ukraine lost its sovereignty and is falling apart, or that the aim of the coup in Ukraine in 2013-2014 was to seize Ukraine's resources.

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  • Reported in: Issue 225
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 30/11/2020
  • Outlet language(s) Russian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: US, Ukraine
  • Keywords: Colour revolutions, Euromaidan, Coup
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