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Fighting fascism from Ukraine’s Russian enclave
In Ukraine’s west, the outlook is towards Europe and the EU; in the east, allegiances are to Moscow. Can these two visions find common ground?
All was going well for German Chancellor Angela Merkel on her one-day visit to Britain – until Europe’s most powerful woman headed down to the palace for a cup of tea and a bun.
Speaking to both Houses of Parliament, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warns that she cannot meet all the UK’s varied expectations of her when it comes to Europe.
RBS chief, Ross McEwan says if Scotland votes for independence his bank’s credit rating could be seriously affected. But he says ‘no large organisation’ should attempt to influence the vote.
In Ukraine’s west, the outlook is towards Europe and the EU; in the east, allegiances are to Moscow. Can these two visions find common ground?
The centre of Kiev has been turned into a shrine for the martyrs of the revolution, and Maidan looks and smells like a flower show on the barricades.
A bruised Russia has seen its sphere of influence reduced by what it perceives to be western interference – but is military retaliation likely?
President Yanukovych flees Kiev allowing protesters to take over and leaving his presidential compound – complete with private zoo – open to the people.
Much has been made of the divisions in Ukraine, though I am yet to meet a Ukrainian who wants a divide. The question now is whether popular anger about corruption can pull people back together.
Statues of the soviet-era leader Vladimir Lenin are toppled by protesters across Ukraine, in an outpouring of anger at the government and President Yanukovych’s ties to Russia.
Ukraine’s former opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is released from jail to cheers of “Yulia” and singing from protesters, after MPs vote for her to be freed, and to oust President Yanokovych.
A compromise has been reached between Ukraine’s government, opposition leaders and EU politicians – but that is a far cry from a deal being accepted by the protesters in Kiev’s Independence Square.
Former US national security adviser Samuel Berger praises the EU’s role in the Ukraine peace deal. But the Voice of Russia’s Dmitry Linnik says the EU should have accepted tripartite talks last year.
Jose Manuel Barroso thinks copy-cat separatist movements infused with hope by a successful Scottish independence campaign could take off and threaten the entire EU project.
Jose Manuel Barroso’s first salvo against Scottish independence shows how EU countries, afraid of the boat being rocked, are the main obstacle to membership.
How can Europe change? The question is for both of us! France’s President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister David Cameron are questioned by Channel 4 News’s Jonathan Rugman.