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Why is that? Judging by the lack of screaming from both sides and the absence of frantic movements back and forth during the negotiations and related actions, they had some preliminary agreements. What exactly they were is unknown, but this whole story doesn't resemble a scenario played out from scratch.

It's unlikely that these were agreements. Yanukovych desperately needs money, and he doesn't care where it comes from (the EU didn't provide it, it seems things aren't great with China either, but Putin is offering). So he's playing along with Putin, and Putin is simply taking advantage of the situation. However, it's not entirely clear what he's planning and what he expects to achieve in the future. Yanukovych will take the money and won't fulfill the agreements (you'll see: he'll get the money, and the issue of association will resurface if he lives that long...).

It's described in detail there.

I didn't notice... Can you insert a quote?

For some reason, I think this isn't about the electorate, but about a different state policy.

For example, in Moscow-2011, people also expressed their will, and the authorities didn't particularly interfere, but it didn't turn out very well... and that was without any repression, crackdowns, breaking things, etc. They came out, held a rally, chatted online and in kitchens, and most people realized that they shouldn't have gotten involved in the first place, and the process simply fizzled out.

This depends on the electorate. It's not quite like Moscow (as I wrote above), it won't just fizzle out. It seems like things are serious there. They will either achieve their goals, or there will be a coup or a bloodbath. In any case, the president and the government are living out their last days. The only question is how long they can prolong this...

I'm not aware of that, but in any case, Yanukovych's problems are Yanukovych's problems.

Well, I wouldn't say that. And how, I wonder, will Putin achieve his goals without Yanukovych (what did they even agree on?). He'll have to start from scratch. That's why he took precautions, saying that they will review gas prices every quarter. In general, the game has begun: who can hurt the other more.
Oh! News broke that the government will not make concessions to the opposition. They are disrupting the vote on the law on releasing participants in mass protests from criminal prosecution. They're planning something, those bastards. Bold! Could it be that Putin promised to send troops if necessary?! He's not a fool. Trouble is brewing...