Obama doesn't need to find it on a map. He has people for that. Besides, the CIA and Freedom House and all the rest were there a decade ago, stirring it up. And John McCain has been seen palling around with the head of the largest Neo-Nazi party in Ukraine. As in, within the last month. Talking about "freedom", hilariously.
And the Ukranian skinheads hate Russia. It's a cultural thing. The west is more inclined towards Poland, their history is one of anticommunism and resistance to Russian rule. The east is aligned with Russia culturally...their history is one of resisting rampaging Wehrmacht units. All the skinhead heroes earnt their dubious positions of "honour" by slaughtering Russians and Communists by the hundreds.
Plus the people who back the current President are, at least in some cases, related to Putin. Viktor Medvedchuk, for example. If the Russians were behind it, the Neo-Nazis would still be present, probably, but they'd be much weaker. As things stand, they're the tip of the spear for the opposition forces, and they threaten to get really out of hand. Putin can be accused of many things, but he's not as stupid as we are. He doesn't arm tomorrow's enemies today, not to this extent anyway.