Topic: Berkut

Joel Skousen describes the 2014 Maidan Revolution in Ukraine as a "false coup" orchestrated to install a pro-Western appearing president who would antagonize Russian-speaking populations. He notes that the sudden withdrawal of the Berkut riot police allowed protesters to take the presidential palace without resistance. This maneuver allegedly provided Vladimir Putin with the pretext needed to annex Crimea and intervene in the Donbas region.

Joel Skousen analyzes the 2014 transition of power in Ukraine, suggesting that President Yanukovych may have been complicit in his own ousting by ordering police to stand down. He characterizes subsequent leaders Poroshenko and Tymoshenko as pro-Russian plants and expresses skepticism regarding recent corruption allegations against President Zelensky.