Tuesday, September 30, 2014

What toppled Lenin statues tell us about Ukraine’s crisis

In an incident reflecting growing Ukrainian anger toward the Kremlin, anti-Russian protesters pulled down a massive Vladimir Lenin statue in Ukraine's second-largest city late Sunday. To many Ukrainians, Lenin is a symbol of the Soviet Union and Russia's aggressive support for the separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine. Despite the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union […]

















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