This historic event in the future may be seen as a pivotal revolution to end colonialism and imperialism in the whole of Europe. The people of Ukraine rose up when the elected president Janukovich cancelled a long planned and prepared Ukrainian-European political legal framework of cooperation and friendship. This was the attempt by Putin to take political control of Ukraine and put the country once again under the control of Russia. Looking back onto a long history of enslavement by Russia, this attempt did not land well with Ukrainians. Peaceful mass protests started in November of 2013 and eventually turned violent, as the police forces used more and more violence to dispel the protests.
People build tents and fortifications in the center of Kyiv – at the Maidan place – and today a column is commemorating the dramatic events of the revolution of dignity, that marks a pivotal moment in the history of Europe and its fight for peace and freedom from dictatorship. Many people lost their lives in the fight for freedom and dignity and Ukrainians are more aware of this than ever before, as now more and more people die in the war of survival of Ukraine against the full-scale invasion of their country.
See also – the work of Sergei Loznitsa and his documentary on the revolution of dignity.
An incredible standoff over many months insued and eventually led to the Ukrainian president Janukovich, a role model for corruption and power-over politics, fleeing in a helicopter from Ukrainian territory, in infraction of his vow to serve the people of Ukraine. He fled to the country where the person he really served – Putin – ruled and had a warm welcome for him.
The successful revolution and fight for freedom and independence then led to the Russian invasion of Crimea and later to the Russian invasion of the Donbas area, albeit neither of them being openly acknowledged by the KGB-agent at the helmet of the Russian terrorist state.
Wikipedia – Revolution of Dignity
