Saturday, February 21, 2015

Russians Protest Ukraine's Revolution On Anniversary Of Kiev Uprising

It’s been a year since Ukraine’s former president was toppled from power — and these Putin loyalists aren’t happy about it.


As Ukrainians prepared to mark one year since former president Viktor Yanukovych was toppled from power, thousands of Russians gathered in Moscow Saturday to decry the uprising.


As Ukrainians prepared to mark one year since former president Viktor Yanukovych was toppled from power, thousands of Russians gathered in Moscow Saturday to decry the uprising.


REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin


Moscow's "Anti-Maidan" rally was named for the Kiev square that became synonymous with the pro-Western uprising against Yanukovych and his government.


Moscow's "Anti-Maidan" rally was named for the Kiev square that became synonymous with the pro-Western uprising against Yanukovych and his government.


REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin


"Maidan is a festival of death ... Maidan is the concentration of everything anti-Russian," organizers shouted from the protest stage, affording to Agence France-Presse.


"Maidan is a festival of death ... Maidan is the concentration of everything anti-Russian," organizers shouted from the protest stage, affording to Agence France-Presse.


REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev


These demonstrators, wearing orange ribbons of St. George to symbolize Russian military might, held a banner reading, "One year anniversary of Maidan. We will not forget, will not forgive".


These demonstrators, wearing orange ribbons of St. George to symbolize Russian military might, held a banner reading, "One year anniversary of Maidan. We will not forget, will not forgive".


REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin




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