The pro-EU protests in the Ukrainian capital turned into fiery street battles earlier this week, while the Kyiv centre, - into a medieval city square with catapults and campfires, and full of tough guys with clubs. The Voice of Russia has asked Russian and Ukrainian experts to explain why Ukraine has found itself on the verge of civil war and who stands to gain from it.
The feelings that the people who have gathered in downtown Kyiv are experiencing are those of hatred, pain and aggression, while the situation is uncertain, controversial and out of control. This is what a Higher School of Economics Professor Alexei Portansky says about it in a comment.
