The Ukrainian revolution, which began a year ago, started with no more than 150 people deciding to stay on Independence Square (also known as the Maidan) to protest the decision of former President Viktor Yanukovich to turn away from signing an Association Agreement with the European Union and, instead, accept $15 billion from Moscow, on top of a 30% discount on the Russian natural gas.Yet what was truly remarkable and inspiring about the unfolding protests —in addition, of course, to the heroism of the people who stayed, day and night, in an open square in freezing temperature, beaten and, toward …read more
Source: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research