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Revolution in Ukraine - VICE News Dispatch
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What are the benefits of the revolution's recent victory, what's next for the government and those who've changed it?
I wished more media outlets would do their job and talk about this instead of some celebratory acting like an idiot. Youtu.be
I'm always suspicious about protests getting a lot of attention in media and obviously siding with one side. This is just about the interests of the EU clashing with the interests of Russia. Ukrainians see how well the living standard is in the EU and the history of Russian occupation has driven the people to think the EU is the answer. However the brutality of the police has been exaggerated, while the protestors were throwing molotovs are the police, setting people on fire. There are also rumors of EU and NATO giving weapons to some protestors and supporting neo Nazi groups.
Neither side has conducted themselves correctly. There's footage of police officers on fire and protesters being shot by snipers. I'm personally with the pro-EU protesters. While entrance to the EU was an offer, Russia had threatened to put limits on goods they imported from the Ukraine such as boiled sweets. Essentially, join our customs union or we'll break your economy even more than it is. Not to mention that I understand their scepticism in joining Russia though, I mean, Russia hasn't exactly been kind to the Ukraine throughout the past.