“Revolution!” This is what they are shouting in Kyiv. Ever since Nov. 21 tens of thousands have been on the streets of the capital of Ukraine, defying the police and bans on demonstrations. On Dec. 8 hundreds of thousands packed the city center, and a granite statue of Lenin was toppled in a scene recalling both Europe’s anti-Communist revolutions of 1989 and the symbolic fall of Saddam’s statue in Baghdad in 2003. Especially at the beginning of the demonstrations the riot police have reacted brutally, which brought out many more protesters. At times hard-liners among the demonstrators have resorted to violence but some of the violent actions seem to have been led by government-paid provocateurs.
EuroMaidan Revolution
The New York Review of Books: Fighting for the soul of Ukraine
\u201cRevolution!\u201d This is what they are shouting in Kyiv. Ever since Nov. 21 tens of thousands have been on the streets of the capital of Ukraine, defying the police and bans on demonstrations.
