ONLY a few weeks ago the dismissal of the Ukrainian government by President Viktor Yanukovych and his offer to appoint an opposition leader as the country’s new prime minister would have had an electric effect. It would have been cheered by protesters on Kiev’s Independence Square (the Maidan) as an important victory. It might even have persuaded them to unblock the roads in the capital.
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Economist: Praying for peace in Ukraine
Orthodox Christian priests have been entering the \"no-man's-land\" between police and protesters on Kyiv's Hrushevskoho Street to pray for peace.