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The Revolution of Dignity (Ukrainian: Революція гідності, romanized: Revoliutsiia hidnosti), also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution, took place in Ukraine in February 2014 at the end of the Euromaidan protests, when deadly clashes between protesters and state forces in the capital Kyiv culminated in the ousting of elected President Viktor Yanukovych ...
Apr 13, 2022 · The prehistory of the 2014 revolution includes the “Orange Revolution” of 2004-05, in which massive protests on the Maidan against an (actual) stolen election that handed Yanukovych the victory over pro-Western rival Viktor Yushchenko ended with Ukraine’s Supreme Court throwing out the results and with Yushchenko winning the re-vote.
- Cathy Young
Ukraine - Maidan, Protest, Revolution: Ukraine’s pro-European trajectory was abruptly halted in November 2013, when a planned association agreement with the EU was scuttled just days before it was scheduled to be signed. The accord would have more closely integrated political and economic ties between the EU and Ukraine, but Yanukovych bowed to intense pressure from Moscow. Street protests ...
Nov 21, 2023 · Nov. 21, 2023. A war-battered Ukraine on Tuesday commemorated the 10th anniversary of the so-called Maidan revolution, the popular uprising that toppled a pro-Russia president, showcased the ...
- Constant Méheut
Feb 23, 2023 · CBC News correspondent Susan Ormiston and videographer Pascal Leblond witnessed the Maidan Revolution in Kyiv and the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014. They share their memories and photos of the events that led to the current war in Ukraine.
Feb 16, 2022 · The first victory came when protesters at Maidan square in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, ousted a thuggish Russian-backed president, Viktor Yanukovych. In four years Mr Yanukovych and his friends ...
Feb 21, 2020 · Six years after the Maidan Revolution, Ukraine has made some progress, but it will be critical for President Zelensky's government to complete the reform process, reduce corruption, and find a ...
