Who bought the Maidan?

A couple of weeks ago, Donetsk celebrated one year since the "liberation" of the so called People's Republic. Among the official guests were envoys from a number of nationalist parties from across Europe (sponsored by Putin), including representatives of the French FN of Marine Le Pen. Jean-Luc Chafauzer, the French rep, pretty much used the mic to regurgitate Russia's conspiracy theory that the Maidan revolution had been orchestrated, that the US ambassador, Ms Nuland had been picking up the members of the Ukrainian government, and that the US wanted to divide Europe, and put a barrier to further Euro-Russian partnership.

Another speaker, German journalist Manuel Ochsenreiter of Die Zeit published a large article with the provocative title, "Did the Americans buy the Maidan?" As you might've guessed by now, that article was re-published by the major Kremlin-friendly media, and has now become part of Russia's official and public narrative.

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