Serhii Plokhy

And the second case was the Revolution of Dignity 2013, with some of the same characters, including Yanukovych, who at that time was already president of Ukraine. And there the question was of the government promising the people for... one year at least, to sign an association agreement with the European Union, and then turning over almost overnight and saying that they were not going to do that.

And the second case was the Revolution of Dignity 2013, with some of the same characters, including Yanukovych, who at that time was already president of Ukraine. And there the question was of the government promising the people for... one year at least, to sign an association agreement with the European Union, and then turning over almost overnight and saying that they were not going to do that.

And the second case was the Revolution of Dignity 2013, with some of the same characters, including Yanukovych, who at that time was already president of Ukraine. And there the question was of the government promising the people for... one year at least, to sign an association agreement with the European Union, and then turning over almost overnight and saying that they were not going to do that.

That's how things started. But then when they became really massive, and why something that was called Euro-revolution became a revolution of dignity, was when the government police beat up students in downtown Kyiv, who, judging by the reports, were basically already almost ready to disperse, almost ready to go home. And that's when roughly half of Kyiv showed up on the streets.

That's how things started. But then when they became really massive, and why something that was called Euro-revolution became a revolution of dignity, was when the government police beat up students in downtown Kyiv, who, judging by the reports, were basically already almost ready to disperse, almost ready to go home. And that's when roughly half of Kyiv showed up on the streets.

That's how things started. But then when they became really massive, and why something that was called Euro-revolution became a revolution of dignity, was when the government police beat up students in downtown Kyiv, who, judging by the reports, were basically already almost ready to disperse, almost ready to go home. And that's when roughly half of Kyiv showed up on the streets.

That sort of the police behavior, that sort of was absolutely unacceptable in Ukraine. The stealing elections and falsification of elections was unacceptable. That's where, around that time, and around 2004, the president of Ukraine at that time, Leonid Kuchma, writes a book called Ukraine is Not Russia.

That sort of the police behavior, that sort of was absolutely unacceptable in Ukraine. The stealing elections and falsification of elections was unacceptable. That's where, around that time, and around 2004, the president of Ukraine at that time, Leonid Kuchma, writes a book called Ukraine is Not Russia.

That sort of the police behavior, that sort of was absolutely unacceptable in Ukraine. The stealing elections and falsification of elections was unacceptable. That's where, around that time, and around 2004, the president of Ukraine at that time, Leonid Kuchma, writes a book called Ukraine is Not Russia.

And apparently the term comes from his discussion with Putin when Putin was suggesting to him quite strongly to use force against people on the Maidan on the square in Kiev. And Kuchma allegedly said to him, you don't understand, Ukraine is not Russia. You can't do things like that. You get pushed back.

And apparently the term comes from his discussion with Putin when Putin was suggesting to him quite strongly to use force against people on the Maidan on the square in Kiev. And Kuchma allegedly said to him, you don't understand, Ukraine is not Russia. You can't do things like that. You get pushed back.

And apparently the term comes from his discussion with Putin when Putin was suggesting to him quite strongly to use force against people on the Maidan on the square in Kiev. And Kuchma allegedly said to him, you don't understand, Ukraine is not Russia. You can't do things like that. You get pushed back.

These two events, 2004 and then 2013, became a really crucial point in terms of the Ukraine direction, the survival of Ukrainian democracy, which is one of very few countries in the post-Soviet space where Democracy survived the original flirt between the government leaders and democracy of the 1990s. It was the old Soviet story.

These two events, 2004 and then 2013, became a really crucial point in terms of the Ukraine direction, the survival of Ukrainian democracy, which is one of very few countries in the post-Soviet space where Democracy survived the original flirt between the government leaders and democracy of the 1990s. It was the old Soviet story.

These two events, 2004 and then 2013, became a really crucial point in terms of the Ukraine direction, the survival of Ukrainian democracy, which is one of very few countries in the post-Soviet space where Democracy survived the original flirt between the government leaders and democracy of the 1990s. It was the old Soviet story.

In Russia, everywhere else, there was high democratic expectations, but they came to Pretty much by the end of the decade, Ukraine preserved the democracy. The orientation of Ukraine toward integration in some form into Western and European structures, that Ukrainian democracy plus Western orientation was something.

In Russia, everywhere else, there was high democratic expectations, but they came to Pretty much by the end of the decade, Ukraine preserved the democracy. The orientation of Ukraine toward integration in some form into Western and European structures, that Ukrainian democracy plus Western orientation was something.

In Russia, everywhere else, there was high democratic expectations, but they came to Pretty much by the end of the decade, Ukraine preserved the democracy. The orientation of Ukraine toward integration in some form into Western and European structures, that Ukrainian democracy plus Western orientation was something.

In Russia, we see the strengthening of the autocratic regime under Vladimir Putin. That, if you look deeper, these are the processes that put the two countries on the collision course.

In Russia, we see the strengthening of the autocratic regime under Vladimir Putin. That, if you look deeper, these are the processes that put the two countries on the collision course.