“Again, the Ukrainian population have shown that while disillusion with the political class is intense, they have limits in terms of tolerance and especially when it comes to excessive police violence, and government stalling in their aspiration for Europe and European values. The Yanukovych administration cannot ignore this ground swell of opinion.”

 

Famous Ukrainian singer Ruslana has recorded a pro-Europe appeal being seen worldwide

Euromaidan sources claim their efforts are only in the beginning stage and will be sustained 

 

“Remember Viktor Fedorovych, Ukraine isn’t Russia and there are too many civil liberties, many of which you keep trying to take away, Ukrainians have become accustomed to, unlike their politically oppressed Eastern Slavic cousins in Russia and Belarus.  Your ongoing attempts to emulate Putin’s authoritarianism will fail.”

 

President Viktor Yanukovych’s state visit to China, long in the preparation and more important than ever because of the need for Chinese help in the current economic situation, could be in danger of postponement or cancellation.

EUROMAIDAN UPDATE 14:36 2013/12/1 14:39:16

We are receiving reports of police use of tear gas at City Hall. A little earlier, there was an attempt to use a large front loader to push police buses off Bankova Street near the presidential administration. There are rumors of possible Natl Sec and Defense Council meeting to impose martial law.

Euromaidan sources say best live coverage now available being made available YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZtwFH4uKxk

“The Ukrainian American Bar Association (UABA) steadfastly condemns President Yanukovych’s brutal and unsparing use of force to quash Ukrainian citizens’ rights of peaceful assembly and speech.”

 

“For older Poles such as Ringer, who can remember the way things used to be, the contrast can be breathtaking. Even those too young to have lived under communism feel a palpable sense of acceleration. ‘It’s hard to imagine how things were compared to what we have right now,’ says Grzegorz Inglot, executive adviser to the board of directors of Inglot, a major Polish cosmetics company. At 23, he was born the year after the fall of the Berlin Wall. ‘Poland is growing year by year,’ he says. ‘New investments, new roads, new buildings. It’s just more of everything.’”

Churches leaders issue statements attempting to prevent a repetition of the late night attack on Euromaidan demonstrators

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