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Kiev: Government Buildings Under Siege
Arutz Sheva ^ | 3/12/13 | Gil Ronen

Posted on 12/02/2013 10:36:41 PM PST by Eleutheria5

Thousands of demonstrators besieged government buildings in Kiev Tuesday, rallying against President Viktor Yanukovich's decision to abandon a long-awaited deal for closer ties with the EU.

A group of protesters tried to storm Yanukovich's office and police chased protesters away with tear-gas and truncheons, injuring dozens. “The blockade is severely disrupting the process of government here," said a reporter for Al Jazeera in Kiev. "Essentially, President Yanukovich has lost control of the center of Kiev." The Guardian reported that police had “deserted the center of the city, while thousands of people blocked entrances to government buildings and gathered again on Independence Square.”

At least three politicians from the governing Party of Regions have quit in protest and one of them, Inna Bohoslovska, previously a vocal government supporter, called on other legislators to leave the party. A top Agriculture Ministry official also resigned on Monday.

The opposition hopes to topple the cabinet of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov during a confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday. It would need 226 votes in the 450-seat Rada, but presently controls about 170 seats.

Yanukovych reached out to the European Union on Monday requesting new talks, but the EU told him that the sweeping trade deal he refused to sign last week after six years of talks wasn't open for renegotiation—and warned him against using force to disperse the crowds in Kiev's main square.

Video of police brutality http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEC4ccWXuBE#t=50

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: kiev; protests; siege; ukraine
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To: BenLurkin

Yah think??


21 posted on 12/03/2013 12:16:29 AM PST by gleeaikin
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To: Eleutheria5

It’s time for the age old question - Who does the army back?


22 posted on 12/03/2013 1:48:36 AM PST by Truth29
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To: Eleutheria5

We should learn a lesson from them peoples.


23 posted on 12/03/2013 2:25:18 AM PST by b4its2late (A Progressive is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Axenolith

Yup. Easy money if anyone takes that bet.


24 posted on 12/03/2013 2:35:46 AM PST by OldNewYork (Biden '13. Impeach now.)
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To: Eleutheria5

The hits Kiev coming, and Ukraine go back again.


25 posted on 12/03/2013 2:37:10 AM PST by arderkrag (An Unreconstructed Georgian, STANDING WITH RAND.)
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To: GeronL

YAY! LET’S JOIN A FAILING ECONOMIC UNION!


26 posted on 12/03/2013 2:38:26 AM PST by arderkrag (An Unreconstructed Georgian, STANDING WITH RAND.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Yes, only they need to get a proper term to express “Freedom”, like;

European to us implies Socialism, they must mean an American Future, well before Democrats ruined our future with European Socialism at best...

Declaration of Independence
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/doi/text.html

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.


27 posted on 12/03/2013 3:32:42 AM PST by Son House (Democrats want you to use 'Great Recession' instead of 'Jobless Recovery', recession ended June 2009)
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To: Dysart

Different yokes for different folks.


28 posted on 12/03/2013 3:36:00 AM PST by sauron ("Truth is hate to those who hate Truth" --unknown)
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To: Eleutheria5

When Russia invaded Georgia Bush sent warships into the Baltic and launched a resupply airlift. Had Putin responded militarily he could have set off a war with NATO that could have escalated into a nuclear exchange. Since that time the Russian strategy to retake the wayward republics has been limited to economic and political subversion. But if these protests spiral Putin may feel the only alternative is force.


29 posted on 12/03/2013 3:38:56 AM PST by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: RKBA Democrat

Yushenko. Yes the Russians had something to do with that. Yanukovit h is a convicted criminal and a Russian toady. He is not respected by the people and does not even speak Ukrainian well He also refuses to let Yulia Timoshenko out of jail for pitical reasons. Ukraine is growing and changing

This is going to get very interesting


30 posted on 12/03/2013 3:40:14 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: GeronL
Is Putin’s yoke any less onerous than Brussels?

/facepalm

31 posted on 12/03/2013 4:30:22 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Eleutheria5

No.

The heavily populous and Russian-speaking East is not participating in the protests.

We’re not seeing a revolution - and a revolution that wants to subjugate Ukrainian independence to Brussels is no revolution at all.


32 posted on 12/03/2013 4:34:00 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Truth29

Ukrainian or Russian? Sounds a lot like solidarity era Poland. Hours away from “Soviet” armed salvation. Pray.


33 posted on 12/03/2013 5:03:02 AM PST by epluribus_2 (he had the best mom - ever.)
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To: 1rudeboy; GeronL

If you decide to stand up to Brussels, they aren’t going to be sending in tanks to put down the “uprising.”


34 posted on 12/03/2013 5:14:04 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: GeronL

LOL, Russia or Brussels, take your pick.


35 posted on 12/03/2013 5:24:47 AM PST by cornelis
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To: Eleutheria5

Analogy: Ted Cruz is elected President and Republicans take control of Congress in 2016. In 2108, hundreds of thousands of Rat parasites surround federal buildings in Washington, D.C. and demand Cruz’s resignation.


36 posted on 12/03/2013 5:31:34 AM PST by LowTaxesEqualsProsperity
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To: cornelis; GeronL

Division of Ukraine is also a possibility.


37 posted on 12/03/2013 5:39:14 AM PST by annalex (fear them not)
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To: Eleutheria5
Useful photos:

Recent (Dec. 2)

Less recent (Dec. 2 also)

38 posted on 12/03/2013 5:44:36 AM PST by annalex (fear them not)
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To: RKBA Democrat

It was the current guy’s opponent. Some say the current president was behind it.


39 posted on 12/03/2013 5:50:54 AM PST by boxlunch (Psalm 2)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

No one to stop him now unless they are muslims and need support or protection.


40 posted on 12/03/2013 5:59:01 AM PST by huldah1776
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