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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoWhat exactly do you think life was like in Ukraine for most people under Yanukovych? Because I can tell you. He literally had people crucified. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/31/ukrainian-protester-kidnapped-tortured-kiev-bulatov
minus-squarehumanspiral@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·6 days agoGDP was far higher. The country wasn’t in ruins, and still had access to the east’s industrialization/steel. It’s population was up to 20m higher. It had democracy, and was free of nazi coercion.
What exactly do you think life was like in Ukraine for most people under Yanukovych?
Because I can tell you. He literally had people crucified.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/31/ukrainian-protester-kidnapped-tortured-kiev-bulatov
GDP was far higher. The country wasn’t in ruins, and still had access to the east’s industrialization/steel. It’s population was up to 20m higher. It had democracy, and was free of nazi coercion.