'Winter on Fire, Ukraine's fight for Freedom', is the title of a documentary directed by Evgeny Afineevsky, an award winning film director, interestingly of Russian descent.
I watched this film a few days ago. It alludes to the 'Euromaidan', the 93 day uprising of the Ukrainians against the elected government's decision not to sign the agreement to join the EU.
Although it's only one side of the coin, it's a precious, detailed reference to that side.
It seems to me that there are two main observations that one can make, without going further into the subsequent conflict between pro Russian separatists, and pro EU Ukrainians, about which the film doesn't go into.
The first observation is that had the police not been authorised to use such extreme brutality, perhaps the demonstrations could have led to constructive negotiations, and consequently Yanukovych could still be the President of Ukraine. The consequences of the 'Euromaidan' are tragic. All more so because they are not particularly constructive.
The second observation is that throughout the demonstrations, immense patriotism was expressed. The national anthem was constantly sung, there was a great deal of waving the national flag. The clergy of divers religions joined together in support of the movement, and there was an enormous surge of national pride.
With regard to the first observation of police brutality, only a reckless fool would have authorised such a shameful, disproportionate and unjustified reaction. One therefore wonders if Yanukovych was betrayed by his own forces of security, or if he was really that desperate and irresponsible to authorise such a ruthless, and often murderous show of force.
Regarding the second observation, it seems to me to be cruelly ironic that whilst the young protestors long for 'European freedom' and reveal their patriotic zeal, the EU appears to be surreptitiously pushing for a nationless federation, using mass immigration of Muslims as an eventual catalyser to bring about what the club seems to believe will be a utopic, cultureless, conformity. And whilst this is being pushed, the freedom that the Ukrainians were ready to die for, is being trampled on by the summary arrest and imprisonment of an individual who dares to criticise what is indeed highly criticisable, and the media is summoned to be silent about it.
In short, whatever tyranny, real or imagined, that the Ukrainians wished to escape from, is apparently being fostered in the very Europe that they long to be a part of.
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Text © Mirino. Image and title, with thanks to the author. June, 2018
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I would welcome any more direct observations, especially from pro-EU Ukrainians and pro-Russian 'separatists'. Ideally these could lead to interesting exchanges.
Another interpretation is here: http://mirino-viewfinder.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-plan.html
After having alluded to the Euromaidan coup, encouraged by the USA under Obama, probably financed by György, and eagerly followed by the EU expansionist executive, other facts have come to light. Reliable sources report that mercenary snipers in nearby buildings fired on the police as well as on the ‘Euromaidan’ demonstrators, obviously in order to create chaos and extremely volatile animosity of the demonstrators towards the legitimately elected Ukrainian government, and elected President Viktor Yanukovych (currently in exile in Russia, and accused of high treason).
Assuming, as the above allegations indicate, that the Ukrainian coup was not only an internal affair, the charge of high treason would also be very questionable.
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