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| Ukraine opposition leader injured as protests turn violent |
| 2014-01-12 |
| [The Hindu] Ukraine's former Interior Minister turned opposition leader was injured in a scuffle with police as anti-government demonstrators are resorting to aggressive tactics in an effort to rekindle waning protests. Ex-Minister Yuri Lutsenko was one of 10 people injured when 200 opposition activists blocked a courthouse in the capital Kiev to protest against prison terms to three ultra-nationalists convicted of planning to blow up a stature to Vladimir Lenin two years ago. Mr. Lutsenko sustained head injuries and was rushed to hospital. He has been one of the leaders of massive "EuroMaidan" protests against Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's refusal to sign a free trade pact with the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... in November in favour of building stronger ties with Russia. |
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