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Kazimiera
02-27-2014, 01:59 PM
Priests and protests in the Ukraine

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An Orthodox priest tries to stop clash protesters the police in the center of Kiev on January 22, 2014. Ukrainian police on Wednesday stormed protesters' barricades in Kiev as violent clashes erupted and activists said that one person had been shot dead by the security forces. Total of two activists shot dead during clashing. The move by police increased tensions to a new peak after two months of protests over President Viktor Yanukovych's failure to sign a deal for closer ties with the EU.


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Opposition leader Vitaly Klitschko (C) greets a pro-European integration protester at the site of clashes with riot police in Kiev January 23, 2014. Ukrainian opposition leaders emerged from crisis talks with President Viktor Yanukovich on Wednesday saying he had failed to give concrete answers to their demands, and told their supporters on the streets to prepare for a police offensive.


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An Orthodox priest prays in front of police officers as they block a street after clashes in central Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. City health officials and police said that two people died of gunshot wounds during the clashes Wednesday morning. But the opposition charges that as many as five people have died. The mass protests in the capital of Kiev erupted after Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych spurned a pact with the European Union in favor of close ties with Russia, which offered him a $15 billion bailout.


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Priests of different faiths pray during clashes with police in central Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Thick black smoke from burning tires engulfed parts of downtown Kiev as an ultimatum issued by the opposition to the president to call early elections or face street rage was set to expire with no sign of a compromise on Thursday.


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A priest stands in front of a baricade as anti-government protesters gather in Independence Square on December 4, 2013 in Kiev, Ukraine. Thousands of people have been protesting against the government since a decision by Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych to suspend a trade and partnership agreement with the European Union in favor of incentives from Russia.


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Orthodox priests look on at the riot police officers who are blocking Pro-European Union activists gathered at the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. The policemen, wearing helmets and holding shields, formed a chain across Kiev’s main street outside the city building. Organizers called on protesters to vacate the city hall and the other building which the opposition had used as its headquarters.


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A priest from a Ukrainian Orthodox Church prays atop of a barricade as riot policemen prepare to storm pro-European Union activists' tent camps on Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. Security forces clashed with protesters during an overnight stand-off that carried into Wednesday morning in the center of the Ukrainian capital, in an escalation of a crisis that threatens the leadership of President Viktor Yanukovych.


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An Ukrainian priest speaks to Riot policemen as they block Pro-European Union activists gathering in their tent camps on the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. Hundreds of police have moved on a large protest camp in the center of Kiev. Protesters are shouting "Shame!" "We will stand!" and singing the Ukrainian national anthem.


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A Ukrainian Orthodox Church priest speaks to riot police as they block the road next to Pro-European Union activists gathered on the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. The policemen, wearing helmets and holding shields, formed a chain across Kiev’s main street outside the city building. Organizers called on protesters to vacate the city hall and the other building which the opposition had used as its headquarters.


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A priest holds a crucifix as he takes part in a pro-European rally on Independence Square in Kiev January 19, 2014. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich on Friday signed into force a set of tough new laws that would ban virtually all forms of anti-government protests despite an outcry from Western governments which have criticised them as anti-democratic.


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An Orthodox priest looks on during a pro-European integration protest on Independence Square in Kiev December 14, 2013. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich made few concessions on Friday in crisis talks with the opposition, his first direct attempt to defuse weeks of unrest over a policy swerve to Russia away from Europe.


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