History books will record the past week as the Ukraine's most significant, and tragic, since the end of Soviet rule. Nearly 100 protesters were killed, many by government snipers; the nation's president, Viktor Yanukovych, was deposed and his opulent lifestyle exposed to the public; and the president's political rival, Yulia Tymoshenko, was released from prison and made a triumphant return to Kiev, where she delivered a forceful and emotional speech while seated in a wheelchair.
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