A look at the background behind the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and the role of Washington, the IMF and NATO in the coup and subsequent civil war underway

Chris Kaspar de Ploeg is a Dutch political analyst and freelance journalist belong to the Authentic Journalism Platform in the Netherland, who has focused on the history and current events in the Ukraine before and after the 2014 coup and revolution.  His articles appear in several important Dutch political publications and in Follow the Money, Dissident Voice in the US, and De Wereld Morgen in Belgium.  He is author of the "Ukraine in the Crossfire", recently published in the US by Clarity Press.