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The proper acceptable course of action for Putin & Co. was to compete economically and propagandistically, not invade with soldiers. They tried before with Yanukovich, but in 2014 these russian collaborators lost grip on power, and Putin & Co., instead of folding up graciously, or trying with another helper later again, went insane and tried to force their interests with military methods. That is an escalation that has no moral justification.
And yes, Putin was competing economically and propagandistically, but when he won and Yanukovich declined to sign a bad [0] agreement, the US, instead of "folding up graciously" like the EU did, said "Fuck the EU" [1] and went ahead with the escalation and supporting the 'revolution'.
"has no moral justification"
Of course, only Western escalations are always morally justified.
[0] http://europe.newsweek.com/german-official-says-it-was-wrong...
Their Ukrainian pawns burned alive 42 people in Odessa. [0] And during Maidan protests, the force that fought the police was Ukranian neo-Nazis [1].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Odesa_clashes#2_May_city_...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Sector#Entry_into_Euroma...
Seriously?
>is comparable or justifies
That's what escalation is. The American sponsored coup was an escalation. The reunification with Crimea and support for Eastern Ukrainian rebels was an escalation.
"Finally, the constitution demands that at least three quarters of the constitutional membership of the Verkhovna Rada vote for the removal of the President in the final step. However, instead of the required 338 parliamentary deputies only 328 voted for the removal of the President." [0]
[0] https://www.montesquieu-instituut.nl/9394000/1/j9vvllwqvzjxd...
I don't like people with no integrity so please refrain from trying to talk to me in the future.
Thank you.
Instead, the parliament passed a declaration saying that the government had abadoned their duties and called for early elections, and did so within the bounds of Ukrainian laws, and with an internationally recognized margin of majority for such drastic steps. There is no domestic or international case for calling early elections a coup. The whole "coup" sob story has been dead and buried for a long time. The transition of power was as clean as you can hope to get in a severe political crisis.
If you are looking for something to call a coup, then the Russian invasion of Crimea was a textbook coup.