re: #10 Justanotherhuman

Here is a webcam in Kiev showing demonstrators, of whom I think there are far less than the 7,000+ currently watching the Ustream.

webcam.guru.ua

This is not The Revolution.

Part of this results from the all the delayed fallout that arose aftger the completely chaotic breakup of the USSR, which left millions of ethic Russians stranded beyond the borders of Russia.

They used to enjoy priveleged status in the other Republics, now they find themselves being discrimiated against in many cases.

I worked for a company in Moscow in the 90’s, we sold a filling line to a Ukranian distillery. After the Russian banks refused to accept payment in Ukrainian Grivny, they finally just sent us 2,000 bottles of cognac that we had to unload on the (semi-) black market.