Protests escalated over the weekend in Kiev, Ukraine over the peoples want and the governments not wanting to join the European Union. The massive crowds that topped 1 MILLION took to the streets and clashed heavily with riot police. The government is trying to hold its position of power by not giving away their positions on various basic issues of their control they have as a governmental unit that has power. After a huge rally on Sunday — a crowd estimated at a million or more that observers said exceeded even the largest gatherings of the Orange Revolution nine years ago — the demonstrators overnight blocked city streets, using Christmas decorations and police barricades intended to stop the protest. The result was an oddly festive, fir-trimmed encampment at the heart of the Ukrainian capital. Protest leaders, sensing that momentum had turned to their advantage, continued to add infrastructure to their operation, bringing in television monitors and erecting a small tent city that included first-aid stations and canteens. Having occupied the nearby Trade Unions building on Sunday, they seized control of a giant screen mounted on its facade, and replaced the advertising it had carried — first with images of the yellow-starred European Union flag, and by Monday morning with a live video feed of speakers on the protest stage outside. Mr. Yanukovich’s refusal to sign political and free trade accords with the European Union has now directly shaken the president’s prospects of remaining in power. Cracks have begun to emerge in his political base: His chief of administration was reported to have resigned, and a few members of Parliament have quit his party and have decried the police violence. #kiev #ukraine #power #government #protests #protest #eu #russia nytimes/2013/12/03/world/europe/ukraine-unrest.html
Posted on: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 13:14:13 +0000
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