EuroMaidan Revolution
Alexander J. Motyl: Should there be one Ukraine?

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) visits Team Ukraine's House at the Olympic Park during during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games on February 15, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ RIA-NOVOSTI/ POOL/ MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV
As the criminal Yanukovych regime’s violence, terror, and repression are driving Ukraine to armed conflict and, possibly, fragmentation, it may be worth asking whether Ukraine might not be better off without some of its southeastern provinces.