David Blair's Blog, page 53
March 2, 2014
Ukraine: From triumph to torment
David Blair on how a revolution led by ordinary people desperate for true democracy has become a pretext for the partition of the country they love
Q & A: What next in Crimea?
Vladimir Putin has stunned the world by annexing Crimea, but what will his next move be and will there be a war?
March 1, 2014
Ukraine interview: 'Britain and the US must stand up for Ukraine’s sovereignty’
The man who served as Ukraine's first independent president, between 1991 and 1994, tells David Blair he fears that his country could simply dissolve, with the largely Russian-speaking Crimea breaking away
February 28, 2014
Ukraine: Russia accused of ‘armed invasion’ amid claims that aircraft are flying troops to Crimea
Russian troops and gunmen in unmarked uniforms fanned out across Crimea, seizing two airports in an apparent bid to assert Moscow's dominance over the region
Ukraine crisis: Kiev's revolutionaries laugh at deposed Viktor Yanukovych's televised press conference
Crowds in Independence Square deride former leader who insists he is still their president
February 27, 2014
Keep out of Ukraine, America tells Russia
The White House says it no longer considers Viktor Yanukovych to be the president of Ukraine as Russia puts its aircraft on 'combat alert'
Ukraine crisis: the nightmare in-tray of new prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk
The new prime minister of Ukraine must deal with Russia, the IMF, and suspicions of protesters who put him in power
Ukraine crisis: will Vladimir Putin send in the tanks against the 'bandits' in Kiev?
The Russian president would command huge military force if he decided to intervene in Ukraine, but he has no pretext yet
February 26, 2014
Ukraine: revolutionaries take the place of police on Kiev's streets
In the aftermath of the revolution, Ukraine's police have disappeared from the streets
Ukraine's new cabinet proposed to Maidan crowds
Arseniy Yatsenyuk is proposed as prime minister and Oleksander Shlapak as finance minister to demonstrators, many of whom deem anyone associated with the old guard as tainted
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