DISINFO: The far-right coup government in Kyiv emerged from the 2014 Maidan uprising
SUMMARY
Neither the far-right coup government in Kyiv that emerged from the 2014 Maidan uprising nor its successor governments have been willing to take even one step in the spirit of the Minsk II agreement towards reconciliation with the breakaway provinces.
RESPONSE
Disinformation about Nazi/Fascist Ukraine and Minsk Agreements.
There was no far-right coup government or coup d’état in Ukraine in 2014; this is a longstanding pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Ukraine's Euromaidan protests.
The spontaneous onset of the Euromaidan protests was a reaction from several segments of the Ukrainian population to former President Yanukovych’s sudden departure from the promised Association Agreement with the European Union in November 2013, after pressure from Russia.
The far-right groups have minimal support among the Ukrainian public. They had a very limited presence during the protests and went on to obtain abysmal results in the 2014 presidential and parliamentary elections. During the 2019 election cycle political party associated with far-right candidates did not make the 5% barrier for the parliamentary election.
See the related disinformation claim, alleging that the Western-backed coup in Ukraine has torn the country asunder.