At least 50 people have died this week in clashes in Kiev, a sharp reversal in a months-long crisis that had shown tentative steps toward compromise just days earlier.
At least 50 people have died this week in clashes in Kiev, a sharp reversal in a months-long crisis that had shown tentative steps toward compromise just days earlier.
Recent protests in Caracas against the continued rule of Chavez’s political heirs suggest that the electoral revolution carried out by Venezuela’s late caudillo is a least a bit shaky.
Recent protests in Caracas against the continued rule of Chavez’s political heirs suggest that the electoral revolution carried out by Venezuela’s late caudillo is a least a bit shaky.
A police officer aims his shotgun during clashes with protesters in central Kiev, Ukraine. After two months of anti-government protests, modern Ukraine has never been so bitterly polarized. To be sure, Ukraine has long been divided. Russia and Europe have vied for dominance for centuries, causing deep cultural differences between the mostly Ukrainian-speaking western and central regions on the one hand, and the Russian-speaking east and south on the other. But as the crisis has deepened, each side has grown stronger in its convictions, and those who stood in the middle have been forced to choose sides. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, file)
A police officer aims his shotgun during clashes with protesters in central Kiev, Ukraine. After two months of anti-government protests, modern Ukraine has never been so bitterly polarized. To be sure, Ukraine has long been divided. Russia and Europe have vied for dominance for centuries, causing deep cultural differences between the mostly Ukrainian-speaking western and central regions on the one hand, and the Russian-speaking east and south on the other. But as the crisis has deepened, each side has grown stronger in its convictions, and those who stood in the middle have been forced to choose sides. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, file)
The departure of Mykola Azarov as premier would remove one of the figures most disliked by opposition forces.
The departure of Mykola Azarov as premier would remove one of the figures most disliked by opposition forces.
Ukraine’s two-month standoff shifted into a new phase after Yanukovych pushed through harsh anti-protest laws last week in an attempt to quash the demonstrations calling for his ouster.
Ukraine’s two-month standoff shifted into a new phase after Yanukovych pushed through harsh anti-protest laws last week in an attempt to quash the demonstrations calling for his ouster.
Russia may be much weaker than the Soviet Union of old, but in terms of its foreign policy and ability to influence events to its own advantage, Moscow is in an incomparably better position
Russia may be much weaker than the Soviet Union of old, but in terms of its foreign policy and ability to influence events to its own advantage, Moscow is in an incomparably better position
For both countries, the Snowden affair is just another ho-hum spat in the greater imperial rivalry.
For both countries, the Snowden affair is just another ho-hum spat in the greater imperial rivalry.
