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Officers of the Berkut riot police forcefully cleared EuroMaidan protesters from Kyiv’s Independence Square on Nov. 30, 2013, on the pretext of making space for the city’s Christmas tree. That night they beat nearly 100 people, including students, activists, and journalists. The following January, when the stand-off between protesters and police had moved to outside the Dynamo stadium, Berkut officers also threw stun grenades and fired rubber and lead bullets into the crowd.

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