[jessaustin]

He was elected with 49% of the vote, while his rival received 45.5%. A few years later he was negotiating with EU, and one day made some decision that frustrated EU staff. The next day, violent protests took over the capital, demanding his immediate resignation and Ukraine's immediate agreement with EU negotiators. Yanukovych offered some concessions, and thought he had an agreement. He then left Kyiv to visit some other part of Ukraine. Immediately the protests violently occupied the major government buildings. Yanukovych fled Ukraine in fear of his life, and a portion of the parliament ended his administration, voting while the actual parliament building was violently occupied. In the aftermath various other violent actions took place.

This seems to really stretch the definition of "democracy".

You don't have to read anything, just watch the Oliver Stone documentary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHH10jIRJmQ

A few weeks ago when I watched it, it didn't have the scary "offensive content" warning.