25 February 2014 - Ukraine summary

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Russia: What are you waiting for? Shatter your foes with a rain of steel!
Europe: No violence, now. It’s better if things take forever and nothing much changes.
Yanukovych: I—I’ll send sharpshooters.
crowd: ROAR!
Russia: Not a wimpy drizzle! Artillery!
Europe: Oh dear, things changed. I’d better mention that my values are universal. Let’s all be inclusive now, OK?
crowd: Arright, we got this sorted.
parliament: That’s who wins? Let’s get re-elected.
crowd: What’s next?

clue:

Too autocratic to lead a democracy, not ruthless enough to be a successful dictator. Yanukovych was going to lose one way or another.

take oh take this clue away

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