Maidan turmoil
Violent protests in Kiev’s main square, Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square), began in November 2013 and eventually led to a revolution in 2014 that overthrew President Viktor Yanukovich and his government.
- Maidan icon Savchenko faces arrest after claiming top Ukraine official ‘led snipers to central Kiev’
Ukrainian MP Nadezhda Savchenko, who was lauded as a hero for her role in the Donbass military campaign and her prosecution in Russia, is now accused of plotting to blow up the national parliament in Kiev.World News - ‘How it all ends’: Slain journalist Andrey Stenin lives on in epic Maidan photos
The bloody events which unravelled in Kiev last year have been immortalized by thousands of cameras. Conflict zone photojournalist Andrey Stenin took some of the most memorable shots on Maidan square – just months before he was killed in eastern Ukraine.World News - Expectations and reality: What Maidan gave Ukraine's economy
The major expectation of the Maidan protest a year ago was replacing the burden of corruption and mismanagement of the economy with the benefits of EU integration. The reality brought collapse and a debt trap.Business News - 10 dramatic videos from Ukraine's Maidan riots in 2014
The turmoil in Ukraine has been at the center of international attention for over a year now. In 10 dramatic videos, RT recounts the bloody events of winter 2014, which heralded the coup in Kiev and was followed by civil war in eastern Ukraine.World News - Brokering power: US role in Ukraine coup hard to overlook
After months of denying having a hand in the Ukrainian coupe, US President Barack Obama admitted playing power broker for the “transition.” This probably falls short of America’s actual involvement.World News - My Maidan memories: Living through Ukraine's nightmare year (Part 2)
It was a regular cold winter's day – February 18, 2014 – and nothing suggested trouble. I was cooking dinner at home in Moscow whilst idly following Twitter reports of growing unrest in Kiev.
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