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EUROMAIDAN. Why ?. Tensions Corruption Rape Murder No justice Bad financial stewardship No confidence in the government. Great Famine . Second World War. Independence of Ukraine 1991. Yulia Tymoshenko. Viktor Yushenko. Election results. Russian Influence.
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Why ? • Tensions • Corruption • Rape • Murder • No justice • Bad financial stewardship • No confidence in the government
Great Famine Second World War
YuliaTymoshenko Viktor Yushenko
Russian Influence • 17% of the population has Russian Origins • The eastern part of the country is Russian-speaking • Ukraine is a strategic place • Russia Naval base in the port of Sebastopol • 58% of the gas consumed is from Russia
Viktor Yanukovych - President during revolts and since 2010 - 63 years old - Net worth : $12 billion - At 17 he was incarcerated for robbery and assault - At 20 he was sentenced to two years in prison - In 2005 he was accused oftax fraud - In 2006 he was accused for falsification of documents He had approximately the same politic that Vladimir Putin _____________________________________________ MykolaAzarov
Commercial partnership Customs union
Place Maidan 400 000 to 800 000 people
CALL • To occupy the city hall of Kiev • Block the governmental sites • Dismiss the mayor of Kiev
January • Anti-demonstration laws • Restriction of the information (= totalitarism) • Resigns of the Prime Minister
February • Maximum of violence • Police can use snipers, pump-actions shotguns and AK47 • Most bloody day = 82 deaths, 622 injured • Yanukovich leaves Ukraine
Barricades made by demonstrators to prevent the police to take up the Maidan Place
Agreement of exit • To return to the constitution of 2004 • Early presidential election • The end of the laws the state of emergency • A call for a government of National Union
After the crisis, the challenge for the new government will be to avoid the separation of its country and also a conflict with Russia …