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Leader of the Ukrainian opposition party UDAR (Punch) Vitali Klitschko (C) speaks with a megaphone to riot policemen during clashes on Independence Square in Kiev on December 11, 2013. Ukrainian security forces on December 11 stormed Kiev's Independence Square which protesters have occupied for over a week but the demonstrators defiantly refused to leave and resisted the police in a tense standoff. Eite Berkut anti-riot police and interior ministry special forces moved against the protestors at around 2:00 am (midnight GMT) in a move that prompted US Secretary of State John Kerry to express \"disgust\" over the crackdown. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY
Vitaly Klitschko, a top leader of the opposition in Ukraine, could help us turn the tables on Russian President Vladimir Putin, and even regain some of our sorely depleted global respect.