Ah yes, one more thing - and then, I think, his 'worst sin' of all: he's explaining Maidan as 'pure…

Hey, the Ukrainians haven't had nothing to say in that affair? There is no wish in Ukraine to live in prosperity and peace, granted by law…

Ah yes, one more thing - and then, I think, his 'worst sin' of all: he's explaining Maidan as 'pure regime change', something entirely instigated from abroad.

Hey, the Ukrainians haven't had nothing to say in that affair? There is no wish in Ukraine to live in prosperity and peace, granted by law and order....?

This is the same, short-sighted and dumb, US-centrist way of monitoring things like the one that Qaddaffi was toppled by the NATO (and thus there was no popular uprising in Libya)...

That's, de-facto, repeating Putin's mistake. The only problem is: Putin is scared of democracy because for him democracy = his personal accountability (for all of his wrong-doings in Russia of the last 22+ years). In the case of characters like Mearsheimer it's so that people like him either forgotten to appreciate pluralism, or are intentionally avoiding pointing it out.