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Euromaidan
Euromaidan (; , , ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protests in Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kyiv. The protests were sparked by President Viktor Yanukovych's sudden decision not to sign the European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement, instead choosing closer ties to Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union. Ukraine's parliament had overwhelmingly approved of finalising the Agreement with the EU, but Russia had put pressure on Ukraine to reject it. The scope of the protests widened, wit
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013
11th annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest
demolition of monuments to Vladimir Lenin in Ukraine
Wikimedia list article
Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement
2014 treaty
Vladimir Lenin monument, Kyiv
monument to V. Lenin
South Airlines Flight 8971
2013 aviation accident
criminal cases against supporters of Yulia Tymoshenko
Rise up, Ukraine!
series of political protests by opposition parties in Ukraine during 2013
17 December 2013 Russian–Ukrainian action plan
December 2013 Russian-Ukrainian treaty
1 December 2013 Euromaidan riots
2013 riots in Kyiv, Ukraine