DISINFO: The coup in Ukraine in 2014 was carried out with the support of the CIA
SUMMARY
The coup in Ukraine in 2014 was carried out by the armed opposition with the support of the CIA. Technically the CIA did everything right, but from a political point of view it was a colossal mistake; they should have seen what it would lead to.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about the 2013-14 protests in Kyiv portrayed as a coup d'état led by the West/US.
The disinformation narrative has been applied, among others, to reports about protests in Georgia, Ukraine, Czechia, Bulgaria, and Belarus to portray the West or Western special services as aggressive actors constantly preparing new coups. Read another similar case claiming that the CIA and MI6 changed power in Armenia in order to oust Russia from the region.
There are hundreds of cases concerning Euromaidan in our database. In 2014, there was neither a coup nor a protest orchestrated by Western countries in Ukraine. The demonstrations which began in Kyiv in November 2013 – called "Maidan", or "Euromaidan" – were a result of the Ukrainian people's frustration with the former President Yanukovych. After seven years of negotiation, he refused to sign the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement and halted progress towards Ukraine's closer relationship with the EU due to Russian pressure. The protesters' demands included constitutional reform, a stronger role for parliament, the formation of a government of national unity, an end to corruption, early presidential elections and an end to violence.
See similar disinformation cases claiming that Euromaidan protests were organised by foreign governments: the US and the EU conspired to overthrow Viktor Yanukovych, Obama staged a coup in Ukraine; Euromaidan was an armed coup; The 2014 Ukrainian coup was supported by US, NATO, and EU; In 2014 there was an Atlanticist coup d'état in Ukraine; EU supported an unconstitutional coup d'état in Ukraine led by the US; U.S. provocation in 2014 caused the Ukrainian tragedy.