EuroMaidan Revolution
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Police block the street outside the government building in central Kiev on December 6, 2013. Protesters have since December 1 controlled Kiev's main Independence Square in response to Yanukovych's decision to bow to Russian pressure and reject a historic deal with the European Union that would have pulled Ukraine out of Moscow's orbit for the first time. AFP PHOTO / GENYA SAVILOV
KYIV — In August of last year, Mikhail Saakashivili was cruising to what looked like an easy election victory. Today, he travels Europe, cut loose from Georgian politics after one decade as President.
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