A new trend is afoot in the world of foreign aid: The Autocrat's Emergency Bailout Fund. This past summer, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates agreed to give $12 billion to Egypt after a military coup unseated a Muslim Brotherhood-led elected government which the Gulf states feared and despised. And now Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, has topped that reward all by himself with his $15 billion gift to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who has been reeling from mass protests after he spurned a proffered partnership with the European Union. In both cases, the autocrats effortlessly outbid Western institution -
EuroMaidan Revolution
Foreign Policy: The autocrats’ bailout fund
One of the EuroMaidan demonstrators makes no secret about where she would like to see President Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.
