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Actually regions harmed by mass famine in 32 and 33 are mostly pro-Russia, and most against-Russia regions weren't part of USSR at that time.
I did not know that. Could it be that is because they were depopulated of Ukranians and enthic Russians were moved in to replace them?
Imagine that the President of this divided country allocated four times as much spending per capita to his political base and his son had earned hundreds of millions during his time in office. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych#Consolidation...
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The government banned people from wearing any form of headgear (eg masks/blalaclavas) during protests. Some protestors have been wearing silly things in their heads as a form of humorous defiance.
I just looked it up, and it's pretty much the same law all over Europe. Oddly it's much harsher in e.g. Germany (top penalty, 1 year prison) than Ukraine (15 days). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-mask_laws (Not a commentary on Ukraine; just curiosity).
And especially they wouldn't be: 1. kidnaped; 2. beaten up; 3. found dead somewhere in a forrest, miles out of the city And after that police states - death occurred due freezing, and has nothing to do with kidnaping :)
Being from Poland I wish our politicians tried to use this situation as an opportunity to re-annex western part of Ukraine. Maybe not entire half of it, but f.eg. Lvov used to be a beautiful Polish city before the war.
This map is confusing; it uses three shades of blue, two of which represent land and one of which represents water. I had to stare at both the key and an ordinary map of Ukraine for a minute in order to process what I was seeing.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Actually regions harmed by mass famine in 32 and 33 are mostly pro-Russia, and most against-Russia regions weren't part of USSR at that time.
I did not know that. Could it be that is because they were depopulated of Ukranians and enthic Russians were moved in to replace them?
The parts where the heaviest protests take place correlate with the pre-WW II Polish borders: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curzon_Line Being from Poland I wish our politicians tried to use this situation as an opportunity to re-annex western part of Ukraine. Maybe not entire half of it, but f.eg. Lvov used to be a beautiful Polish city before the war.
This map is confusing; it uses three shades of blue, two of which represent land and one of which represents water. I had to stare at both the key and an ordinary map of Ukraine for a minute in order to process what I was seeing.
The text of the article says he won dark blue by 70%+, but the key in the map says by a 20% margin (which would imply 60-40). Which is it?
The original author probably is talking about the president having that 50% + 20%.
This map is confusing; it uses three shades of blue, two of which represent land and one of which represents water. I had to stare at both the key and an ordinary map of Ukraine for a minute in order to process what I was seeing.
The text of the article says he won dark blue by 70%+, but the key in the map says by a 20% margin (which would imply 60-40). Which is it?
Assuming, of course, a two-party system.