On Aug, 31, while the Ukrainian parliament debated a bill to grant greater autonomy to separatist regions in the country’s restive east, ultra-nationalist protesters hurled firecrackers, Molotov cocktails, and a grenade at National Guard troops and riot officers stationed outside. In the resulting chaos, three people were killed and a hundred and thirty injured. The unity and coherence of the Ukrainian government, and of Ukraine itself, appeared to once again be unravelling.
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk (L), leader of Okean Elzy rock band, hugs former Soviet-era political prisoner Yevhen Sverstiuk during a ceremony awarding the Vasyl Stus Prize in Kyiv on Jan. 14, 2014.
