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Even if the guy is right, his position is completely non-constructive. Because it's just pure whining — no analysis, no forecast, no constructive proposals.

In diplomacy, the key to success is correctly formulated demands. An option like "Yanukovych must resign" is a incorrectly formulated demand. Firstly, because he won't leave on his own, and secondly, because it won't solve the problem.

For example, he talks about police brutality. That is exactly where one should dig. Collect the most egregious facts of systemic abuse, publish them with names-dates-documents, and then go out to protest with slogans: "The police chiefs of such-and-such districts must be brought to trial."

And this demand Yanukovych could quite easily satisfy — it's not hard for him to sacrifice a few subordinates to preserve the system as a whole.

Then comes the chain reaction — a few will be imprisoned, others will become more cautious. Those who don't get it the first time will follow the same path; this could even happen without a protest, a public appeal to Yanukovych would suffice: "A couple more need to be sent after them, maybe we can avoid a protest, eh?"

Now that is a constructive solution to the problem. The fact of the matter is that the US and EU are not interested in this, so they won't prepare or pay for a protest for this purpose. We'll have to do it ourselves.