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De afzetting van Yanukovich was niet alleen door het Westen bekokstoofd en ondemocratisch, maar uitermate gewelddadig. Dit was het keerpunt niet de Oranje Revolutie. Gebouwen van de communistische partij werden in brand gestoken, politici en journalisten die als te pro-Russisch beschouwd werden, werden geintimideerd of vermoord. Pro-Russische betogers levend verbrand. En ga zo maar door. Dit veroorzaakte op zijn beurt een opstand in het Oosten en Zuiden van Oekraine, en de aanhechting van de Krim.
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Ik heb u er al eerder op gewezen dat de échte miserie met Yanukovych in november 2013 begon:
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Since 2012, Ukraine and the EU had been negotiating a free trade and association agreement.
In 2013, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) overwhelmingly approved finalizing the agreement with the EU, and Yanukovych urged parliament to adopt laws so that Ukraine would meet the EU's criteria and be able to sign the agreement in November 2013. Russia, however, put pressure on Ukraine to reject the agreement.
On 21 November 2013, Yanukovych abruptly changed his mind on the Association Agreement with the EU, instead deciding to strengthen economic ties with Russia.
This sparked large protests at Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) in the center of Kyiv, which became known as 'Euromaidan'. The protesters, united under the Maidan People's Union, demanded Yanukovych fulfill his pledge to sign the Agreement or else resign. They also called for a return to the 2004 Constitution of Ukraine to give more power to parliament over the president. The scope of the protests soon widened. Protesters opposed what they saw as widespread government corruption, abuse of power, human rights violations, and the influence of oligarchs.
During the 'Maidan uprising', Independence Square was a huge protest camp occupied by thousands of protesters and protected by makeshift barricades. It had kitchens, first aid posts and broadcasting facilities, as well as stages for speeches, lectures, debates and performances.
Police assaulted the camp several times, causing further anger.
Yanukovych has been accused, by Amnesty International among others, of using the Berkut to threaten, attack, and torture protesters. The Berkut, later disbanded on 25 February 2014, were a special police force under his personal command and were accused of defending Russian interests.
Violence escalated after 16 January 2014, when Yanukovych signed draconian Anti-Protest Laws.
The first protesters were killed in fierce clashes with police on Hrushevsky Street on 19–22 January. In response, demonstrators occupied provincial government buildings in many regions of Ukraine. On 28 January, parliament repealed nine of the 12 restrictive laws. That day, Mykola Azarov, the prime minister of Ukraine, resigned "for the sake of a peaceful resolution" to the civil unrest.
The deadliest clashes were on 18–20 February, which saw the most severe violence in Ukraine since it regained independence. Thousands of protesters advanced from the Maidan in Kyiv towards parliament, led by activists with shields and helmets. They were fired on by police snipers. Almost 100 protesters were killed, as were 13 police officers...
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bron:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych