http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/26/ukraine-police-clash-with-protesters
The problems of grouping countries...
The FCC/ Ex- soviet state Ukraine is experiencing trouble after, its current government, which is seen as pro Russia, rejected a trade deal between the Ukraine and the EU. Pro Europe demonstrators have rallied and the opposition leader (currently in Jail) has begun a hunger strike. Serious clashes are being reported in the capital Kyiv.
Its a complex situation as many in Ukraine are pro Europe however many are sill allied with Russia.
The opposition leader's daughter has said that she was refused entry to see her mother who because of her hunger strike is in hospital, and she claims her mother is being deliberately isolated, Kyiv government claims their is an outbreak of a respiratory disease so people have to stay away.
Russia controls gas supplies into Ukraine and many feel this lies at the heart of the issue, Russia says the EU is trying to put the Ukraine under duress.
Russia set up its own customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan in 2010 and wants Ukraine, as well as other former Soviet republics, to join. Ultimately it sees the customs union as an alternative to the 28-member EU.
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