After the 2014 revolution, Russia refused to recognize the new interim government, calling the revolution a "coup d'état" and were accused of launching a covert invasion of the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine. Internally. However, the "invading forces" were in Crimea since 1999, after the Ukrainian-Russian treaty in 1997 to have up to 25,000 troops without considering it invasion. The newly appointed interim government of Ukraine ended up signing the aforementioned association agreement with the EU and committed to adopt reforms in its judiciary and political system, as well as in its financial and economic policies, in order to comply with the provisions set in the agreement. The interim government also adopted other changes as it was unable to fulfill several contractual agreements after the revolution but needed foreign investments in order to do so. The foreign investments came from the International Monetary Fund in the form of loans amounting to more than $18 billion contingent upon Ukraine adopting reforms in almost all aspects of society,[39] including a raise in domestic gas-supply price to the global price.
The revolution was followed by protests in some south-eastern regions, a standoff with Russia regarding the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol, and eventual Russian invasion of Eastern Ukraine (denied by Russia).
According to polling data by GfK taken from 4 to 18 March in all regions of Ukraine (including Crimea), 48% of Ukrainians support the change in power while 34% oppose it. In the Eastern and Southern regions the revolution is supported by only 20% of the population, whereas 57% or more of the population in the rest of the country supports the change in government. Also, only 2% of those polled said they fully or partially trusted former president Viktor Yanukovych.
The annexation of Crimea into the Russian Federation occurred in March 2014 when the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol, both recognized as Ukrainian territory, became parts of the Russian Federation.
