Maleval

Some - because of the extreme amount of bullshit that is being fed by the Russian propaganda machine.

Oh yeah, this is fucking disgusting. My family's from Kyiv, we've been here mostly since my grandfather moved over from the Luhansk region in the 50s. Some of his close relatives are still there. And some of them are eating this bullshit up. His sister in law lashed out at him (over the phone thankfully) for critisizing Putin and the rebel's actions. Some are actually terrified of the Right Sector that's burning down churches and eating children in the streets of Kyiv. My grandmother from the Kirov region of Russia called me about a month ago telling me not to go outside because I'll be killed by the fascists in the streets (for whatever reason). The ammount of bullshit that russian throws at those who are forced to listen is just unbelievable.

I have been relatively safe here and cannot imagine what your situation is like. I wish you to stay safe and see this through.

The Right Sector hasn't been doing much to the best of my knowledge lately. Noone's talking about them besides the russians.

Nationalists, yeah, sure. But they are about as fascist as Obama is a socialist. Meaning they aren't. Svoboda holds two cabinet seats: the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources and the Ministry of agrarian Policy and Food. They got about 10% of votes in the parliamentary election in 2012.

How do you judge the "democraticness" of a country? We held a presidential election that was deemed fair and transparent by international observers. We also held municipal elections which also went by without significant problems.