1. Ukraine Revolution 2014

2. 1991 The Break-up of the USSR
The new “Near-Abroad”

3. 2000 Kuchmagate – Georgy Gongadze
Murdered Ukrainian Journalist for Ukrayinska Pravda – Casette Scandal

4. Orange Revolution Nov 2004-Jan 2005
Oct 2004 Presidential Election
Kuchma/Yushchenko/ Tymoshenko/ Yanukovych

5. Orange Revolution 2004
Sept Dioxin Poisoning

6. Ukraine Demogrphics

7. Russian Interests in Ukraine

8. 2010 Elections

9. East v. West
Merkel/Tymoshenko Yanukovych/Putin

10. Protests Ignite in Kiev
21 Nov 13 - Yanukovych announces rejection of EU agreement
24 Nov – 100,000 people take to the streets in Kiev
1 Dec – Protesters take control of City Hall
8 Dec – 800,000 protestors clash with police
17 Dec – Putin gives Yanukovych 15 B bailout
22 Jan 14 – After passage of a draconian “anti-protest” law, 2 die of gunshot wounds from police in Kiev
28 Jan – Parliament grants amnesty if protestors vacate government building. Protesters leave by 16 Feb

11. Revolution
18 Feb - 25,000 protesters remain in Independence Square. In a clash with police, 18 people including 7 policemen are killed. Insurgents retake City Hall
19 Feb – Truce negotiated, but lasts only 24 hours, the next day 77 people die over the next 48 hours when police try to recapture the square
21 Feb – Yanukovych signs a compromise agreement with opposition leaders brokered by France, Germany & Poland

12. Revolution
22 Feb – Protesters take control of presidential admin buildings without resistance and opposition leaders call for elections on 25 May. Yanukovych is nowhere to be seen and reported to be in Kharkiv in the north-east. Parliament removes him from power. Yanukovych appears on TV to insist he is lawfully-elected president, and denounces a "coup d'etat". Arch-rival, opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko who was jailed for seven years in 2011, is freed.
23 Feb - Parliament names speaker Olexander Turchynov as interim president. Turchynov, an associate of Tymoshenko, tells MPs they have until Tuesday to form a new unity government.

13. Revolution
27 Feb – Vladimir Putin announces Russian military exercises along the Ukrainian border.
Armed and masked Yanukovych supporters seize Crimean government buildings
Yanukovych appeals to Russia to protect “his personal safety:

14. Revolutionary Theory & The Future