It is seven years since the beginning of Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity, with the latest anniversary inevitably eliciting bitter questions about what has not been achieved and promises not kept. Many of the questions were also asked a year ago, although not all, since during this last year, Russia sabotaged Ukraine’s most important trial of suspected Maidan killers by demanding, via the Donbas militants who obey its orders, the release of the five defendants in return for the release of some Ukrainian hostages. Three of the five suspects have almost certainly joined the considerable number of former Berkut officers and others suspected of Maidan crimes given shelter in Russia. Perhaps Moscow has other uses for men accused of gunning down peaceful protesters, but Russian President Vladimir Putin is never averse to any divisive and destabilizing moves in Ukraine, and the release of the men-only months before the trial was due to end was highly contentious.
EuroMaidan Revolution
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Halya Coynash: No end to Russia’s revenge for Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity
People lay flowers at the memorial for the killed demonstrators on the evening of the 7th anniversary of the EuroMaidan Revolution on Nov. 21, 2020, in central Kyiv.
