Financial Times: Anti-inflation protests in Ukraine
Anti-inflation protests are spreading. On Thursday it was the turn of Ukraine, with around 1,000 taking to the streets of Kyiv to complain about soaring prices, plus corruption and government assaults on political rights. The modest turnout pales in comparison with the crowds involved in the recent turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa or even the Shanghai truckers’ strike, let alone Ukraine’s 2004 Orange Revolution. But even in Europe, inflation is stirring unrest. The demonstrators gathered outside Ukraine’s parliament reflect rising discontent at the rule of president Viktor Yanukovich, one year after he won elections and succeeded Viktor Yushchenko. Read the full story here.