Politicians lie all the time, that doesn't legitimize having a coup. You throw them out at the next election if you don't like how they ran the country. That is how democracy works.
Re:Internet Backbone Giant Lumen Shuns .RU
by nickpp on Thursday March 10, 2022 @05:25PM
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Invading peaceful countries, bombing innocent women and children and threatening nuclear apocalypse is how Russian "democracy" works.
Many would say the same thing about US democracy, would they not?
No, Ukrainians knew why they took it down. Eastern European people are not so easily fooled, we see quite easily through Russian deception and propaganda.