At last a clear concise expert explanation what is going on in the Ukraine, by Anne Applebaum:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ole-story.html

Even so it is easy to see that events in Kiev have moved at a pace which may invalidate her explanation.

There is much more to what has and is happening in the Ukraine, far beyond the scenes in the centre of Kiev. A truly corrupt state, which was starting to split not so much geographically as institutionally - most clearly shown by the police refusing national orders - and the reports of a mass protest in Kharkov against the government.