Tag Archives: War
The Story of Maidan: Part 11 — Maidan goes to war
When the tourists go home, we’ll see action With the dictator law from 16 January Maidan enters Phase 2 — where we see violence and calm until 17 February From Independence Square to the battleground / January 19/20/21 “I don’t know anything and I believe nothing. The only thing I know is that the thickness of the wallet and…
The Story of Maidan: Part 10— The empire strikes back
Regular police unit between Maidan an the Parliament in February 2014 After Maidan had fortified in end of December 2013, there was a calm before the storm. In the beginning of 2014 the Ukrainian authorities escalated the crisis to a civil war in miniature. “Maidan demonstrates elements of anarchic communism in its organization: no money circulates,…
The Story of Maidan: Part 3 — Repeating History and a dictator on the rise
President Victor Yanukovich in a satirical drawing shown on Maidan in February 2014 In this chapter we look at how Ukraine repeated it’s mistakes twice with the Orange Revolution and Maidan and see, how Yanukovich rose from small scale criminal to large scale criminal. If you have missed chapter 2 — Paths to Revolution, click here. 2004/2013: If…
The Story of Maidan: Part 1 — Revolution of Dignity
On Maidan in December 2013 History was faster than the author. In the middle of writing a book on Maidan, Ukraine went to war in 2014. Many of the people I had met on Maidan Nezalezhnosti between December 2013 and February 2014 had gone to the front and where in a different reality. Euromaidan was over….