Spirit of 2014: Reconstructing the Russian Spring p.1

Support and listen to the full podcast: https://www.patreon.com/posts/spirit-of-2014-p-104121350 Ten years ago, the Russian Spring rolled through eastern and southern Ukraine, leading to the reunification of Crimea with Russia. The new government in Kiev, having just taken power through the Euromaidan, decided to crush the pro-Russian protests by force, leading to the War in the Donbass. Few remember those events in detail - the spring of 2014 is covered in a thick veil of propaganda and mythology. We have scoured long-forgotten blogs, defunct news websites, talked to participants and checked out many other archival sources, all with one goal: reconstructing a detailed chronology of those events — the Spirit of 2014! Our Telegram: https://t.me/RWApodcast Also available on Gumroad: https://russianswithattitude.gumroad.com/ 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:00 What is Donbass? Etymology and history 00:10:30 - Ukrainian clans, Maidan & Anti-maidan 00:19:00 - Defend Sevastopol movement & 2014 Winter olympics 00:39:00 - Feb 21. Yanukovich flees Ukraine 00:47:00 - Feb 23. Start of the Crimean Spring 00:55:00 - Feb 24. Ukraine strikes back & Crimean self-defence 01:04:30 - On Crimean Tatars & Stalin 01:11:10 - Feb 27. Crimean Reunion 01:19:30 - March. Start of the Russian Spring in Donbass 01:29:30 - March 16. Crimean referendum 01:41:30 - April. Lugansk partisans. Valery Bolotov 01:48:30 - Why Kharkov failed to secede & Strelkov didn't start the war 01:54:30 - April 12. Arrival of Igor Strelkov and Alexey Mozgovoy 02:01:00 - April 16-18 Murder of Oles Buzina. Kolomoiskiy organizing nazis 02:10:00 - Summary