vacuum
23rd January 2014, 04:17 PM
Note:The post below missed the most important slide, wherein the Russians just gave the Ukrainian government $15 billion in cash/debt relief and preferential Russian natural gas pricing, etc.
This was the payoff to the government for turning down the EU and Ukrainian citizens quite rightly fear that the Russians have just bought back their country, creating a new Iron Curtain.
You can find this everywhere, but here is one link:
http://www.economonitor.com/blog/2013/12/russia-claims-to-be-close-to-making-a-deal-with-ukraine/
An explanation of what's currently happening in Ukraine http://i.imgur.com/yXItTEQ.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/yXItTEQ.jpg)
In November 2013, after 5 years of talks, Ukraine and the European Union were about to sign a historical agreement to create a free-trade zone between Ukraine and the European Union in exchange for reforms in the political and legal system to make Ukraine a more democratic country. http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/countries/ukraine/
http://i.imgur.com/LwTBf60.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/LwTBf60.jpg)
The president, Viktor Yanukovych, suddendly decided to stop the talks and cancel the agreement on November 20, 2013 (that's him on the right).
http://i.imgur.com/6I1zTP7.jpg
Viktor Yanukovych made international news in 2011 when he ordered Yulia Tymoshenko to prison. Yulia Tymoshenkothe, the former prime minister, had just lost the 2010 presidential elections against Viktor Yanukovych and was sent to prison for 7 years for allegedly making disadvantageous natural gas agreements with Russia. Several members of her former government were charged with various crimes and imprisoned in what appeared to be political vindication. Yulia Tymoshenkothe was clearly in favor of the Ukraine-UE agreement.
http://i.imgur.com/dJMNLK5.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/dJMNLK5.jpg)
Many Ukrainians want their country to have closer relations with the European Union and fear Russian influence. After all, Ukraine has only been an independent country since December 1991, when the Soviet bloc collapsed.
http://i.imgur.com/bA36D19.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/bA36D19.jpg)
Peaceful protests started in November 2013, immediately after the president decided to stop the Ukraine-EU agreement. Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in the streets of Kiev, the Ukraininan capital.
http://i.imgur.com/QLKkwVe.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/QLKkwVe.jpg)
Since November 2013, the protests did not stop. The president ordered harsh police repression of the protests, people built barricades and things got worse and worse. Amnesty International has witnessed and condemned several Human Rights violations since November, which are listed here: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR50/020/2013/en
http://i.imgur.com/sRiw9g3.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/sRiw9g3.jpg)
2011-01-20: Pro-European protesters aim fireworks at Ukrainian riot police in Kiev. http://www.trust.org/item/20140120230652-tqxqy/
« Dear subscriber, you are registered as a participant in a mass disturbance. » http://i.imgur.com/nU6tFim.jpg
That's a text message that thousands of Ukrainian protesters simultaneously received on their cell phones on 2014-01-20, as a new law passed on 2014-01-16 prohibiting public demonstrations went into effect. The law carries a 15-year prison sentence if broken.
http://i.imgur.com/HQCG9HK.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/HQCG9HK.jpg)
http://i.imgur.com/PgLwXB5.jpg
2014-01-22, police stormed the protesters in Kiev, leaving 5 dead and more than 300 wounded. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/ukraine-police-storm-kiev-protester-barricades-killing-5/story-e6frg6so-1226808228511
This was the payoff to the government for turning down the EU and Ukrainian citizens quite rightly fear that the Russians have just bought back their country, creating a new Iron Curtain.
You can find this everywhere, but here is one link:
http://www.economonitor.com/blog/2013/12/russia-claims-to-be-close-to-making-a-deal-with-ukraine/
An explanation of what's currently happening in Ukraine http://i.imgur.com/yXItTEQ.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/yXItTEQ.jpg)
In November 2013, after 5 years of talks, Ukraine and the European Union were about to sign a historical agreement to create a free-trade zone between Ukraine and the European Union in exchange for reforms in the political and legal system to make Ukraine a more democratic country. http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/countries/ukraine/
http://i.imgur.com/LwTBf60.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/LwTBf60.jpg)
The president, Viktor Yanukovych, suddendly decided to stop the talks and cancel the agreement on November 20, 2013 (that's him on the right).
http://i.imgur.com/6I1zTP7.jpg
Viktor Yanukovych made international news in 2011 when he ordered Yulia Tymoshenko to prison. Yulia Tymoshenkothe, the former prime minister, had just lost the 2010 presidential elections against Viktor Yanukovych and was sent to prison for 7 years for allegedly making disadvantageous natural gas agreements with Russia. Several members of her former government were charged with various crimes and imprisoned in what appeared to be political vindication. Yulia Tymoshenkothe was clearly in favor of the Ukraine-UE agreement.
http://i.imgur.com/dJMNLK5.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/dJMNLK5.jpg)
Many Ukrainians want their country to have closer relations with the European Union and fear Russian influence. After all, Ukraine has only been an independent country since December 1991, when the Soviet bloc collapsed.
http://i.imgur.com/bA36D19.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/bA36D19.jpg)
Peaceful protests started in November 2013, immediately after the president decided to stop the Ukraine-EU agreement. Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in the streets of Kiev, the Ukraininan capital.
http://i.imgur.com/QLKkwVe.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/QLKkwVe.jpg)
Since November 2013, the protests did not stop. The president ordered harsh police repression of the protests, people built barricades and things got worse and worse. Amnesty International has witnessed and condemned several Human Rights violations since November, which are listed here: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR50/020/2013/en
http://i.imgur.com/sRiw9g3.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/sRiw9g3.jpg)
2011-01-20: Pro-European protesters aim fireworks at Ukrainian riot police in Kiev. http://www.trust.org/item/20140120230652-tqxqy/
« Dear subscriber, you are registered as a participant in a mass disturbance. » http://i.imgur.com/nU6tFim.jpg
That's a text message that thousands of Ukrainian protesters simultaneously received on their cell phones on 2014-01-20, as a new law passed on 2014-01-16 prohibiting public demonstrations went into effect. The law carries a 15-year prison sentence if broken.
http://i.imgur.com/HQCG9HK.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/HQCG9HK.jpg)
http://i.imgur.com/PgLwXB5.jpg
2014-01-22, police stormed the protesters in Kiev, leaving 5 dead and more than 300 wounded. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/ukraine-police-storm-kiev-protester-barricades-killing-5/story-e6frg6so-1226808228511