The people of Ukraine have been protesting President Viktor Yanukovich's decision not to sign an agreement that would have tilted the country west toward the European Union and away from Russia. But Vladimir Putin wouldn't allow it. At an E.U. meeting which he attended Yanukovich was button-holed by, among others, German Chancellor Angela Merkel. "We expected more," Merkel was heard to say. Yanukovich explained: "We have big difficulties with Moscow. I would like you to hear me. I have been alone for three and a half years in very unequal conditions with Russia...one to one."
And so, right now, Yanukovich's and Putin's Ukrainian riot police have surrounded the main protest site in Kiev.
And so, right now, Yanukovich's and Putin's Ukrainian riot police have surrounded the main protest site in Kiev.
