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Ukraine Revolution 2014

Ukraine Revolution 2014. 1991 The Break-up of the USSR. Orange Revolution 2004. Kuchma / Yushchenko / Tymoshenko / Yanukovych. Orange Revolution 2004. Dioxin Poisoning. Ukraine Demogrphics. Russian Interests in Ukraine. 2010 Elections. East v. West.

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Ukraine Revolution 2014

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  1. Ukraine Revolution 2014

  2. 1991 The Break-up of the USSR

  3. Orange Revolution 2004 • Kuchma/Yushchenko/ Tymoshenko/ Yanukovych

  4. Orange Revolution 2004 Dioxin Poisoning

  5. Ukraine Demogrphics

  6. Russian Interests in Ukraine

  7. 2010 Elections

  8. East v. West Merkel/TymoshenkoYanukovych/Putin

  9. Protests Ignite in Kiev • 21 Nov 13 - Yanukovych announces rejection of EU agreement • 24 Nov – 100,000 people take to the streets in Kiev • 1 Dec – Protesters take control of City Hall • 8 Dec – 800,000 protestors clash with police • 17 Dec – Putin gives Yanukovych 15 B bailout • 22 Jan 14 – After passage of a draconian “anit-protest” law, 2 die of gunshot wounds from police in Kiev • 28 Jan – Parliament grants amnesty if protestors vacate government building. Protesters leave by 16 Feb

  10. Revolution • 18 Feb - 25,000 protesters remain in Independence Square. In a clash with police, 18 people including 7 policemen are killed. Insurgents retake City Hall • 19 Feb – Truce negotiated, but lasts only 24 hours, the next day 77 people die over the next 48 hours when police try to recapture the square • 21 Feb – Yanukovych signs a compromise agreement with oppostion leaders brokered by France, Germany & Poland

  11. Revolution • 22 Feb – {rotesterstake control of presidential administration buildings without resistance and opposition leaders call for elections on 25 May. President Yanukovych is nowhere to be seen and reports emerge that he has left for Kharkiv in the north-east. Parliament votes to remove him from power with elections set for 25 May. MrYanukovych appears on TV to insist he was lawfully-elected president, and denounces a "coup d'etat". His arch-rival, opposition leader YuliaTymoshenko who was jailed for seven years in 2011, is freed and travels • 23 Feb - Parliament names speaker OlexanderTurchynov as interim president. MrTurchynov, a close associate of freed former Prime Minister YuliaTymoshenko, tells MPs they have until Tuesday to form a new unity government. Meanwhile, the whereabouts of President Yanukovych remain unclear.

  12. Revolution • 22 Feb – Protesters take control of presidential administration buildings without resistance and opposition leaders call for elections on 25 May. Yanukovychis nowhere to be seen and reports emerge that he has left for Kharkiv in the north-east. Parliament removes him from power with elections set for 25 May. MrYanukovych appears on TV to insist he was lawfully-elected president, and denounces a "coup d'etat". His arch-rival, opposition leader YuliaTymoshenko who was jailed for seven years in 2011, is freed and travels • 23 Feb - Parliament names speaker OlexanderTurchynov as interim president. Turchynov, an associate of Tymoshenko, tells MPs they have until Tuesday to form a new unity government. Meanwhile, the whereabouts of Yanukovychremain unclear.

  13. Revolution • 27 Feb – Vladimir Putin announces Russian military exercises along the Ukrainian border. • Armed and masked Yanukovych supporters seize Crimean government buildings • Yanukovych appeals to Russia to protect “his personal safety:

  14. Revolutionary Theory & The Future

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