Because until the revolution in Ukraine, or more specifically, until the night Yanukovych fled, Putin felt he could manipulate Ukraine well enough through Ya. Putin , I think , reluctantly accepted the deal that kept Ya on until December, figuring that he would have some time to screw with Ukraine. But the revolutionaries wouldn't wait that long, so Putin had to do something, stat.

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