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92. By then I had given up. I had linked on many other threads before

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involving the usual Putin apologists.
To summarize, Sabrina1's rhetoric about a "coup" and Nuland and conspiracy all originated from Russia TV, the FOX News of Russia (but even worse) and the rest of Russia's state-run media. Here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016111087

Russia has attributed Mr. Yanukovych’s ouster to what it portrays as a violent, “neo-fascist” coup supported and even choreographed by the West and dressed up as a popular uprising. The Kremlin has cited this assertion, along with historical ties, as the main justification for its annexation of Crimea in March and its subsequent support for an armed revolt by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s industrial heartland in the east.

Few outside the Russian propaganda bubble ever seriously entertained the Kremlin’s line.

This would be a good background:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016110684
Strange bedfellows: Putin, the Chomskyite left and the ghosts of the Cold War

This is entertaining:

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/jul/30/peter-lavelle/rts-peter-lavelle-says-he-doesnt-allow-conspiracy-/
RT's Peter Lavelle says he doesn't allow conspiracy theories on his show, then utters one