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lil  ·  3718 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ukraine violence grows, as 18 people killed in fiery mayhem - World - CBC News

There seems to be a live feed from the street where the occupation was. Police attacked it and it's all up in flames now.

    At the end of November 2013 the Ukrainian government, without public consultation or warning, abruptly cancelled European integration and locked Ukraine into a Russian loan agreement. Incompetent and corrupt policies by Party of Regions leader and Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov had brought Ukraine to bankruptcy.

This quote is from David R. Marples's blog Current Politics in Ukraine. He's the Distinguished University Professor and Director, Stasiuk Program for the Study of Contemporary Ukraine, at Cambridge University.

He says the president of the Ukraine has become a violent kleptocrat.

If you're interested in events in the Ukraine, the World Bank's Overview gives a report on how things are doing there in all sectors (employment, health, education, etc.) - summary: not good.