independence in two thousand and four crowds of people descended upon kiev marking the start of the orange revolution. at that time ukraine became once again a battlefield of two forces the russian and western governments the culmination of this conflict took place during the presidential elections in november of two thousand and four. the two major candidates western backed victoria yuschenko and russian leaning victoriano cove each almost equally shared the votes of ukrainians by the way calling viktor yuschenko western backed is not an exaggeration. his wife . catarina yuschenko is a former u.s. state department official and worked in the white house during the reagan administration the division was along geographic lines traditionally russian eastern ukraine voted for young age while western ukraine chose use genco by the announced result viktor yuschenko lost to victory on a co-feature but thousands of people didn't agree with it and they came to the central square of kiev on the twenty second of november. the situation received wide news coverage the country's election commission ignored report

like in two thousand and four during the orange revolution international leaders felt it necessary to intervene and bring both sides to the negotiating table. to dust on the. fabius. front valter steinmeyer. bratislava sikorsky. must be sure. it isn't. the would put a union desperation they were going to. move through it to. see if it is the end of the ukrainian president and the leaders of the anti-government protests there have agreed on a truce the truth was to give talks between president and the opposition. just like in two thousand and four the opposition or at least its radical faction the right sector headed by dmitri yarrow she had no intention on fulfilling its part of the bargain. to double what they could but you know what you made it but if they question the public around you. but i always said yes thought that oh boy but i expect book they have a couple strongly is that john nichols double look at it but if we cannot play all of the shots that's what we have a coach at. celtic will put up a. new. store. soon i did. a lot of. suppling you know on the news because i'm. at

looking back at the mysterious poisoning of viktor yuschenko right before the orange revolution of two thousand and four we see now that he became a sacred victim himself. most political analysts believe the compassion of the ukrainian people at that moment tilted the scales giving him the presidency. the number of victims among the protesters during your own my done totalled over one hundred they are called to the heavenly hundred all the sacred victims were immediately mythologized. the beating of students on november thirtieth two thousand and thirteen was the obvious trigger of your own my done those who sent trained provocateurs to the square very well realised that peaceful protesters were the ones who would get hurt the most. it's hard to keep protests going for months on end tension subside and people inevitably get tired. holidays are also a big danger for revolutionary masterminds people want to be home with their families and friends and one needs to get inventive to keep people in a cold tent city. on christmas day of two thousand and thirteen tabloid journalist and politic

like in two thousand and four during the orange revolution international leaders felt it necessary to intervene and bring both sides to the negotiating table but he used the dust in the. obvious. front valter steinmeyer. bratislava sikorsky. must be sure. it's. the wood for the union desperation and we're going to. move through it to. see if. the ukrainian president and the leaders of the anti-government protests there have agreed on a truce the truth was to give talks between president on the opposition's challenge just like in two thousand and four the opposition or at least its radical faction the right sector headed by dmitri yarrow she had no intention on fulfilling its part of the bargain. to double what they could but you know what year they did but if they are clashing public ground you know. what i expect thought that's got their own way but i expect book of a couple struck me as the john nichols double look at it but if we cannot play all of the shots that we started of a coach at. store . soon then i did. a lot of. suppling you know one who needs to be able to focus just at

looking back at the mysterious poisoning of viktor yuschenko right before the orange revolution of two thousand and four we see now that he became a sacred victim himself. most political analysts believe the compassion of the ukrainian people at that moment tilted the scales giving him the presidency. the number of victims among the protesters during your own my don totaled over one hundred they are called to the heavenly hundred all the sacred victims were immediately mythologized. the beating of students on november thirtieth two thousand and thirteen was the obvious trigger of your own mind on. those who sent train provocateurs to the square very well realized that peaceful protesters were the ones who would get hurt the most. it's hard to keep protests going for months on end tension subside and people inevitably get tired. holidays are also a big danger for revolutionary masterminds people want to be home with their families and friends and one needs to get inventive to keep people in a cold tent city. on christmas day of two thousand and thirteen tabloid journalist and political

looking back at the mysterious poisoning of viktor yuschenko right before the orange revolution of two thousand and four we see now that he became a sacred victim himself. most political analysts believe the compassion of the ukrainian people at that moment tilted the scales giving him the presidency. the number of victims among the protesters during your own my done totaled over one hundred they are called to the heavenly hundred all the sacred victims were immediately mythologized. the beating of students on nov thirtieth two thousand and thirteen was the obvious trigger of your own my don. those who sent train provocateurs to the square very well realized that peaceful protesters were the ones who would get hurt the most. it's hard to keep protests going for months on end tension subside and people inevitably get tired. holidays are also a big danger for revolutionary masterminds people want to be home with their families and friends and one needs to get inventive to keep people in a cold tent city. on christmas day of two thousand and thirteen tabloid journalist and political want

like in two thousand and four during the orange revolution international leaders felt it necessary to intervene and bring both sides to the negotiating table but he used the dust in the. wrong fabius. front valter steinmeyer. bratislava sikorsky. must. sometimes the wood for the union desperation. move through. the ukrainian president to end the leaders of the anti-government protests there have agreed on a troops the truth was to give talks between president on the opposition's yes just like in two thousand and four the opposition or at least its radical faction the right sector headed by dmitri yarrow she had no intention on fulfilling its part of the bargain. to double or take it but you know what you made it but if they question the public around you. probably said yes thought that. but i suspect book they have a couple strongly is that john nichols double look at it but if we cannot play all of the. stock of a coach at. celtic we put up a. new. store. when you put this sin lighted. suppling you know on the news beautiful. that the news. is with. you know all these. the opposition

looking back at the mysterious poisoning of viktor yuschenko right before the orange revolution of two thousand and four we see now that he became a sacred victim himself. most political analysts believe the compassion of the ukrainian people at that moment tilted the scales giving him the presidency. the number of victims among the protesters during your own my done totaled over one hundred they are called to the heavenly hundred all the sacred victims were immediately mythologized. the beating of students on november thirtieth two thousand and thirteen was the obvious trigger of your own my don. those who sent trained provocateurs to the square very well realized that peaceful protesters were the ones who would get hurt the most. it's hard to keep protests going for months on end tension subside and people inevitably get tired. holidays are also a big danger for revolutionary masterminds people want to be home with their families and friends and one needs to get inventive to keep people in a cold tent city. on christmas day of two thousand and thirteen tabloid journalist and politica

in 2004, the orange revolution, their innuance wasfluence was challenged by a candidate who embodied a western vision, and russia provided political consultants, hundreds of millions of dollars, poisoned the candidate ultimately, and this was a foreshadowing, ice year, of what we now here is happening, unfortunately much -- foreshadowing, i fear, of what is happening unfortunately much , too often, whether it be in the uk or elsewhere, and it accomplished their strategy for the moment. and they created fear. they showed that they could control individuals and ideas. from 2004 through 2014, all tools were used. gas trade, fake news, creating dissonance between the different parts of the society, as a ukraine continue to liberate the social order. and ukraine, almost entering association agreement with the eu. it was russia leashing all of the tools it had at that time to stop ukraine from moving forward. they still failed commit with the revolution of dignity. when the ukrainian people insisted on leaving that open, even a $15 billion offered bribe was not enough to stop ukraine movin

these things happened, everything i just described happened after nato expansion p after the orange revolution, after the iraq war. in fact, i was on every single phone call with the president with medvedev and putin during this period. well, until i went to become ambassador. and at most meetings. and nato expansion never came um once, not -- came up once, not once. it was a solved issue. our republican friends criticize this was a solved issue, but it was not -- none of these issues were drama in our relationship. so to get an a in mcfaul's class, and i know some of my students are here, you cannot cite those early cause bl variables as an explanation for today's confrontation without having an explanation for that period of cooperation. that makes no sense. you can't say we're fighting today about nato expansion when we had a period when nobody was thinking about nato expansion. and that leads me to my third and last argument which is i think the heart of the matter. russian domestic politics. and here there's lots of variables, and they're in the book, you know, please buy the book and all

in 2004, our orange revolution, their influence was challenged by a candidate who clearly stated that it embodied the western values and the western vision. and russia provided political consultants, hundreds of millions of dollars. ultimately poisoned the candidate and this was a foreshadowing, i fear, of what we now hear is happening unfortunately, much too often, whether it be in the u.k. or elsewhere. and it accomplished their strategy for the moment. and they created fear, they showed that with vengeance they -- as ukraine continued to embrace the liberal international order. when it came in 2014, ukraine almost entered into an association agreement with the european union and the trade agreement. russia unleashed all the tools it had at its disposal at that time to stop ukraine from moving forward and still failed with the revolution of dignity. when the ukrainian people insisted on maintaining that route open, even a $15 billion offered bribe was not enough to stop ukraine from moving forward with the association agreement in trade agreement. so russia moved to other tools and

these things happened, everything i just described, happened after nato expansion, after the orange revolution after the iraq war, in fact i was o on every single phone call with the president with medvedev and putin during this period. well, nil went to become ambassador and at most meetings, and anyway to expansion never came -- anyway to expansion never came up, not once. all of this. better bill am republican friends criticized but it was -- these issues were a drama in our relationsonship to getten in a in mcfaul's class -- my students are here -- you cannot cite those variables as an explanation for today's confrontation without having an explanation for that creation. that makes no sense. we're fighting about nato expansion when we had a period when nobody was think but nato expansion. brings me to the third and last argument which is the heart of the matter. russian domestic politics. here there's lots of variables and they're in the book, please buy the book. all the knew ons in there but two really important events that happened here. by the way, both of these events happened between

like in two thousand and four during the orange revolution international leaders felt it necessary to intervene and bring both sides to the negotiating table. deeming us the dust and the. fabius. front valter steinmeyer. bratislava sikorsky. must be sure. it's. the would put a union desperation. move through. the ukrainian president to end the leaders of the anti-government protests there have agreed on a troops the truth was to give talks between president and the opposition. just like in two thousand and four the opposition or at least its radical faction the right sector headed by dmitri yarrow she had no intention on fulfilling its part of the bargain. to double or take it but you know what you're maybe going to take national public without me. but i always said thought yes thought that all right but i expect book if they have a couple struck me as the job double look at it but if we cannot play all of the. stock of a coach at. celtic we put up a. new. store. when you put this scenario is that what i was. suppling you know one who needs be able. at the. national news is with. you