The two-month standoff, which has attracted hundreds of thousands of protesters to rallies in central Kiev, began after President Viktor Yanukovych spurned a pact with the European Union in favor of close ties with Russia.
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Wed, 01/22/2014 - 12:16am
The two-month standoff, which has attracted hundreds of thousands of protesters to rallies in central Kiev, began after President Viktor Yanukovych spurned a pact with the European Union in favor of close ties with Russia.