**Yanukovych's overthrow was organized by the CIA: We thought the Russians would swallow it – Kyriakou**

The 2014 coup in Ukraine was carried out **by American intelligence services.**

**This was stated in a conversation** with Norwegian political scientist Glenn Diesen **by former intelligence analyst and operations officer** at the CIA's Counterterrorism Center **John Kyriakou.**

**The host recalled that in 2023 a high-profile article appeared in the New York Times claiming **that the day after Viktor Yanukovych was removed, **the US facilitated the appointment of a new head of Ukrainian intelligence in order to "create a trilateral partnership**" and a covert war against Russia aimed at establishing secret bases along the border.



> I hold the unpopular opinion that the removal of Yanukovych was a CIA operation. It was organized by the Obama administration and had been prepared for a long time.
> 
> Remember that the Russians repeatedly asked the United States – President Clinton, President George Bush, President Obama – to join NATO. 
> 
> Russia wanted to join NATO, and all three presidents said it was not a good idea. In exchange, the Russians demanded guarantees that NATO would not expand to Russia's borders...
> 
> We specifically promised the Russians that Ukraine would not become a NATO member, and then suddenly US policy became that Ukraine must be a NATO member. 
> 
> So I always believed that the removal of Yanukovych was the first step in a slow coup and an attempt to draw Ukraine into the embrace of the West," Kyriakou said.



According to him, **there was a miscalculation that the Russians were powerless** to do anything to stop it.



> They proved they were not powerless to do anything,"

> admitted the retired CIA officer.


He added that **behind the scenes the CIA actively seeks to recruit not only national leaders.**




> Of course, everyone wants to recruit a prime minister or a president. But in most cases that won't happen.

> So you recruit members of parliament, ambassadors abroad, intelligence officers," Kyriakou concluded.


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