Lev Golinkin: Winter is coming. And so is Ukraine’s far right
There's a reason most revolutions in Eastern Europe begin in the winter, from Russia in 1905 to Ukraine's Maidan in 2013. Once the cold settles in, a government's empty promises are laid bare. Over the next several days, forecasters are predicting, the temperature in Ukraine will plunge to freezing. When President Petro Poroshenko looks at the thermometer, he should be worried.