Think you have an extra begin quote.Even if Nuland is choosing the cabinet?
Also, there is a difference between democracy and mob rule, a coup is mob rule, besides, nothing guarantees the mob is 51% of the whole population.
Then again, democracy in its purest form is two wolves and a sheep deciding what is for lunch.
As for democracy and mob rule, yes there is a difference. But 1) Ukraine never had a democracy (and now maybe has a flawed one at best) and 2) I'm an Anarcho-Capitalist at heart only contained by the reality that it doesn't work cause warlords, so I'm fine with even a minority coup breaking away on their own. Freedom to leave is definitely a thing.
So I was probably too hasty in thinking this would be Russian roll of Ukraine. The longer this takes, the worse it is going to be for them as Ukraine takes deliveries of weapons. This is gonna be a total clusterfuck for Russia (unless they win soon, they look incompetent).
Basically, Russia sacrificed all of it's Euro softpower in this move, and that was really good for a flagging NATO. This could also cause more hostility toward China, as Europe starts realizing it needs to follow the US more.