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Tunnelling Towards Hope
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| 28 February - 6 March 2014 |
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| Ukraine History |
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A Stronghold of Rulers and Rebels
With the recent death toll jumping to nearly 100 and 1,000 injured, Hrushevskoho Street, one of the strongholds of EuroMaidan’s three-month-long protests, made headlines around the globe. It was here, on 19 January the country’s stand against government corruption, abuse of power, and the violation of human rights turned from peaceful protest to all-out revolution. Having witnessed much over the years, Hrushevskoho is a street with a history, and not only care of recent days.
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| Ukraine Today |
 Acelebrity using their status and intelligence to influence public views and opinion is rarely seen in modern society, even less so in Ukraine. Here, the majority of celebs use their time, effort, and money to enhance or further their career rather than put their name to something that can do good for others. However, as EuroMaidan intensifies, some are making themselves heard – and they fall either side of the EuroMaidan divide.
It used to be that when rebellion and revolution occurred, the intellectual, creative, and spiritual elite would be front and centre.
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| Ukrainian Culture |
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When Walls Can Talk
People have been writing on walls since the dawn of civilisation, we call it graffiti, and ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings. Sometimes it is merely the creator wanting to leave his or her mark; sometimes there is an underlying social or political reason. And it is due to the latter that graffiti has exploded across Kyiv in recent months. Anti dictator messages aside, we peel back a few layers of paint to look at graffiti in the city in general.
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| Whats Up? |
Titushki – Alongside Law “Enforcement” Officers
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 In May of last year, there began a tactic for putting fear into the general public. A thug, a trained fighter, was sent out with the task to cause trouble and fight citizens, and ended up attacking a journalist covering political meetings. His name was later discovered through social media. This, however, isn’t about Mr Vadym Titushko after whom the “titushki” have been named.
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They have been filmed, in broad daylight, behind the perimeter fences of the Verkhovna Rada on 1 December again alongside uniformed officers. They’ve formed protests outside of the US Embassy and the EU mission. Apparently, the fact that they’re enjoying the right to peaceful assembly to protest with the freedom of speech they are trying to close down the next moment is irrelevant. However, their reported attack on the Channel 5 TV station premises on 9 December was anything but peaceful.
These thugs are everywhere, all over Kyiv. And the most worrying thing is that they are clearly very much a part of the apparatus of the authorities. They appear to be non-uniformed so that there is no official culpability for their actions. How dangerous is that? A band of thugs being employed to fight – literally – battles for the government from the shadows is one thing, but that they are doing it in broad daylight demonstrates that the authorities here are nothing more than a criminal clan.
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Rights We Didn’t Know We Had
Throughout EuroMaidan much has been made of Ukrainians making a stand for their rights. What exactly those rights are were never clearly defined. Ukraine ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1952. The first article of the Declaration states all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, they are endowed with reason and conscience, and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. The ousted and overthrown Ukrainian government showed to the world they don’t understand the meaning of these words.
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Pulling Strings
 Located on Hrushevskoho Street – the epicentre of EuroMaidan violence, home to battles, blazes and barricades – children’s favourite the Academic Puppet Theatre had to shut down in February. Nevertheless, it is getting ready to reopen this March with a renewed repertoire to bring some laughter back to a scene of tragedy. Operating (not manipulating) puppets is a subtle art that can make kids laugh and adults cry. What’s On meets Mykola Petrenko, art director of the Theatre, to learn more about those who pull the strings behind the show.
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