Washington Post: Four biggest misconceptions about Ukraine’s protests
Thousands of protesters have gathered in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, where they are calling for President Viktor Yanukovich to resign after he rejected a deal for closer integration with the European Union. The crisis has to do with Ukraine's geopolitics – will it lean toward Europe or toward Russia? – as well as its troubled transition to democracy. Colleague Kathy Lally has a nice Q-and-A explainer on the protests.
As you read and hear more on Ukraine's protests, though, it can be easy to fall into some misconceptions about what's happening there and what it means. Phil Arena, an assistant professor of political science at SUNY Buffalo, warned against some of the most common misconceptions on Twitter. Here are some his tweets, reproduced and explained with Arena's permission.