Ukraine riot police stand guard in snow in Zaporizhya

[tovaris]

Riot police stood guard outside the regional administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhya on Monday night, after anti-government protesters tried to storm the building on Sunday.

The officers braved the snow to defend entrances into the building and also to protect a group of pro-government protesters who had gathered there.

Steve Rosenberg visited the scene and said the fact that that protests had spread to the region would be a "major concern" for Ukrainian authorities.

The unrest in Ukraine began with protests in Kiev in November, after President Viktor Yanukovych pulled out of a trade deal with the EU in favour of a $15bn (£9bn) bailout from Russia.

source (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25918732)

TO READ MORE (http://www.pslweb.org/liberationnews/news/ukraine-opposition-fascist.html)

[kylem1229]

There is a reason i stay out of government issues.

I understand the concern and how people react to things. Peaceful protests would be nicer than trying to storm into a building

[tovaris]

There is a reason i stay out of government issues.

I understand the concern and how people react to things. Peaceful protests would be nicer than trying to storm into a building

They tried peceful protests, they were shot a

[sqishy]

Well there's a lot of change happening there.

[Vlerchan]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Be_aV__CEAATr5V.jpg:large

I'd be supportive of this if it wasn't being spearheaded by the Ukrainian Far-Right - or it is from what I've gathered.

EDIT: I'm currently impartial.

[thatcountrykid]

They tried peceful protests, they were shot a

We'll you would think they would take getting shot at as a hint to leave.

[johndoe1112]

Riot police stood guard outside the regional administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhya on Monday night, after anti-government protesters tried to storm the building on Sunday.

The officers braved the snow to defend entrances into the building and also to protect a group of pro-government protesters who had gathered there.

Steve Rosenberg visited the scene and said the fact that that protests had spread to the region would be a "major concern" for Ukrainian authorities.

The unrest in Ukraine began with protests in Kiev in November, after President Viktor Yanukovych pulled out of a trade deal with the EU in favour of a $15bn (£9bn) bailout from Russia.

source (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25918732)

i love riots. finally some people finally got fed up with the goverment and decided to do something about it

We'll you would think they would take getting shot at as a hint to leave.

yeah but its a right to peacefully protest the goverment when we feel there fucking up.

Please do not double post. -Cygnus David

[thatcountrykid]

yeah but its a right to peacefully protest the goverment when we feel there fucking up

I wouldnt call storming a government building and protesters of a different cause peacful

[Fractured Silhouette]

http://zyalt.livejournal.com/984735.html

This journal really gives the riots some perspective.

[Vlerchan]

Well you would think they would take getting shot at as a hint to leave.Or the anti-democratic rulings passed against protesters and protesting on the 17th of January - my personal favourite was the year of hard-labour for political 'slander'.

But, anyway: it seems like we're close to breaking for refreshments in Kiev; the next 72 hours will tell:

Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and his government Tuesday, amid a political crisis fired by violent protests on the country's streets.

Azarov and his Cabinet will continue in their roles until a new government is formed, a notice on the presidential website said.
Yanukovych's announcement comes only hours after Azarov submitted his resignation and as the national parliament met in an emergency session aimed at ending the crisis

In a first step, lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to repeal sweeping anti-protest laws whose passage this month angered anti-government demonstrators.

[...]

Read the entire article at: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/28/world/europe/ukraine-protests/

[tovaris]

We'll you would think they would take getting shot at as a hint to leave.

Its not as simple as that... The cnditions in Ukrain are horible!!! Its not like these are some random protests ower petty things...

[thatcountrykid]

Its not as simple as that... The cnditions in Ukrain are horible!!! Its not like these are some random protests ower petty things...

Its pretty simple. If your getting shot at it means they dont want you there so you should leave

[tovaris]

Its pretty simple. If your getting shot at it means they dont want you there so you should leave

You are getting shot at because you vant your country to be free...

[thatcountrykid]

You are getting shot at because you vant your country to be free...

I'll admit im not very updated on the the situation there because honestly i dont care but there are other things you can do.

[johndoe1112]

I'll admit im not very updated on the the situation there because honestly i dont care but there are other things you can do.

for you having such republican opinions you should me more open to freedom of protest

[thatcountrykid]

for you having such republican opinions you should me more open to freedom of protest

Im all for freedomnof protest but im not for anarchists storming a government building and calling it peacful. Is basically like occupy denver and occupy wall street

[johndoe1112]

Im all for freedomnof protest but im not for anarchists storming a government building and calling it peacful. Is basically like occupy denver and occupy wall street

oh so its kinda like when the police lined up people for a mass pepper spray when they where in handcuffs if they do not listen to peaceful protest the last resort is to riot but therefore im a anarchist

[AlexOnToast]

I'll admit im not very updated on the the situation there because honestly i dont care .

That really say's it all ...

[thatcountrykid]

oh so its kinda like when the police lined up people for a mass pepper spray when they where in handcuffs if they do not listen to peaceful protest the last resort is to riot but therefore im a anarchist

Riot is not the last resort.

[johndoe1112]

Riot is not the last resort.

no offence i know its your opinion and all but you do not know what the fuck your talking about and if you did not look into the riots at all then you have no say

[tovaris]

Im all for freedomnof protest but im not for anarchists storming a government building and calling it peacful. Is basically like occupy denver and occupy wall street

They arent anarchists they are ukranians!


Riot is not the last resort.

To you have any even a small piece of an idea of what is happening in ukrain?

[thatcountrykid]

no offence i know its your opinion and all but you do not know what the fuck your talking about and if you did not look into the riots at all then you have no say

They arent anarchists they are ukranians!




To you have any even a small piece of an idea of what is happening in ukrain?

Anti gomverment riots. Thats what going on. They're anarchists

[tovaris]

Anti gomverment riots. Thats what going on. They're anarchists

Theyr not anarkists (do you even know what that means) the anty goverment protests have turned into riots dou to the goverments exesive use of force.
They cause to protest and by that force the goverment to call a democratic election is in itself democratic. DEMOS CRATEUM

[Stronk Serb]

Anti gomverment riots. Thats what going on. They're anarchists

No, they want the government hold elections and stand down. One man got cut and beaten by the police. The people are against that.

[thatcountrykid]

No, they want the government hold elections and stand down. One man got cut and beaten by the police. The people are against that.

Was he at the riots?

[tovaris]

Was he at the riots?

Turn on the nwes once in a while, evwn if just for background noise

[Stronk Serb]

Was he at the riots?


He was. The police took him away and tortured him for several days.

[thatcountrykid]

Turn on the nwes once in a while, evwn if just for background noise

I don't have time for TV but I stay up on the news.

He was. The police took him away and tortured him for several days.

Where's the evidence of it? Is there any account other than his?

[tovaris]

I don't have time for TV but I stay up on the news.



Where's the evidence of it? Is there any account other than his?

Hes f...inkg beaten, he is the evidance, who cuts of a persons ear... cmon seriously...
What do you have againce fair democratic elections?

[thatcountrykid]

Hes f...inkg beaten, he is the evidance, who cuts of a persons ear... cmon seriously...
What do you have againce fair democratic elections?

I don't have a problem with it. I wish the whole world was like that but there are ways around it than just rioting.

[Sir Suomi]

I don't have a problem with it. I wish the whole world was like that but there are ways around it than just rioting.

Says the man who was in favor of a Second American Revolution.

[thatcountrykid]

Says the man who was in favor of a Second American Revolution.

I dont want a second revolution. I pray to hod everyday that it doesnt happen. Im in favor of standing up for your rights by doing something other than senseless rioting.

[Stronk Serb]

I don't have a problem with it. I wish the whole world was like that but there are ways around it than just rioting.

No there is no other way. When the government is failing or oppressing you, you have to rise up and tell them to stop. The government can act civil and enact the reforms or they can respond with violence which woukd cause an uprising.