but this is strange ) you know that Nuland was there but you don't know what was the whole reason for maidan. and with Nuland you probably imply that US somehow paid and organized maidan.
Initial cause for people coming out to protest was that Yanukovich refused to sign preliminary agreement with the EU. this is whole story, I can't go to far here, but this was very very strange, because this meeting with EU was organized specifically for signing this document, but he suddenly refused to sign. why he did that the whole another story, which we, usual people, learned only years after