CNN: Why Ukraine’s future lies with the EU, not Russia
One of thousands of opposition protesters stands in front of an EU flag on December 3, 2013 during rally in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. The Ukrainian government survived a no-confidence vote after the prime minister apologized for a brutal police crackdown on protests that were sparked by the ex-Soviet state's rejection of a historic EU pact. Following pressure from the opposition, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov arrived at an emergency parliament session and personally apologised for a crackdown in a bid to defuse the ex-Soviet nation's worst political crisis in a decade. AFP PHOTO/ YURIY DYACHYSHYN
(CNN) -- It feels like a rerun of the Orange Revolution. Similar to late 2004 when hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians took to the streets to protest what they saw as a fraudulent presidential election, mass demonstrations have been taking place ever since the government in Kiev suspended an association and trade agreement with the European Union some days ago.
