The Association Agreement also included sections on political and security cooperation. More importantly, Ukraine was pretty evenly split on Maidan and the sign

The Association Agreement also included sections on political and security cooperation. More importantly, Ukraine was pretty evenly split on Maidan and the signing of the Association Agreement. [0] This split, also seen in elections was largely geographic. [1] Unsurprisingly, toppling the (democratically elected) president tore the country apart, and independent on which government you personally prefer, I think it is really hard to argue that Ukraine wasn't the victim of Big Power politics in this case. [0] https://archive.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine-politics/more-ukrainians-disapprove-of-euromaidan-protests-than-approve-of-it-poll-336461.html https://archive.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine-politic... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Ukrainian_parliamentary_election#/media/File:2012_Ukrainian_parliamentary_election_-_List_results.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Ukrainian_parliamentary_e...