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Standing on the Dnieper
The main theme of the room
Whether the Ukrainian petrel will fly to Russia
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On December 4, barricades around the Square Maidan strengthened in anticipation of the assault
On the evening of December 6, when this issue of the magazine surrendered, there were leaks that Viktor Yanukovych on the same day in Sochi met with Vladimir Putin allegedly agreed to join Ukraine to the Customs Union. Consent: Russian credit $ 15 billion and a reduction in gas prices to $ 200 per thousand cubic meters. If this is true and Yanukovych calculated everything, then he clearly did not take into account one important component: the people of Ukraine, a street that has not calmed down for a third week in a row.
“Yanukovych’s reversal over Europe”, that is, the refusal of Kyiv from signing an association agreement with the EU, led tens of thousands to the streets - mainly student youth who dream of living, studying and working according to European rules and standards. The brutal policeman acceleration of Euromaidan on the night of November 30 truly angered the nation: on December 1, hundreds of thousands have already entered the Maidan. Since then, the situation resembles a swing: sometimes it seems that the authorities are intercepting the initiative and the protest is fading due to the lack of visible results. After which the Maidan suddenly infuriates the spirit again ...
At the end of last week, it was known: thousands of - from everywhere will come to the Maidan again on the Maidan. It was pointless to make the rest, the behavior of the crowd was the most significant factor, and at the same time the most unpredictable. One thing can be argued for sure: the power acceleration of the Maidan, worse than that - bloodshed, put an end to the international reputation of Yanukovych and his team. How will the Ukrainian authorities behave? Is it to be considered an answer that in Kyiv, as in Russia after Bolotnaya, arrests have already begun ...
The New Times has tracked the Ukrainian dossier not only because Ukraine has been experiencing the most serious crisis since the time of the 2004 Orange Revolution. What is happening on the Maidan directly concerns us, Russians. The Kremlin is clearly scared by the neighbors with protest moods. Not otherwise than, under the impression of events in Kyiv, Vladimir Putin definitely made it clear: there will be no amnesty to the participants of the “swamp business”.
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Photo: Victor Drachev/AFP Photo
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