DECEMBER 2013 - FEBRUARY 2014

MASS RALLIES IN UKRAINE

A man throws a flare in the direction of Interior Ministry members during a rally held by supporters of EU integration in Kiev, December 1, 2013. Ukrainian opposition leaders called on Sunday for President Viktor Yanukovich and his government to resign at a rally of about 350,000 people, the biggest protest in the capital Kiev since the "Orange Revolution" of nine years ago. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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Protesters use an excavator during clashes with police outside the presidential office in Kiev, Ukraine, on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. A protest by about 300,000 Ukrainians angered by their government's decision to freeze integration with the West turned violent Sunday, when a group of demonstrators besieged the president's office and police drove them back with truncheons, tear gas and flash grenades. Dozens of people were injured. The mass rally in central Kiev defied a government ban on protests on Independence Square, in the biggest show of anger over President Viktor Yanukovych's refusal to sign a political and economic agreement with the European Union. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

RTX160E31 Dec. 2013Kiev, UkraineProtesters try to break through police lines near the presidential administration building during a rally held by supporters of EU integration in Kiev, December 1, 2013. Ukrainian opposition leaders called on Sunday for President Viktor Yanukovich and his government to resign at a rally of about 350,000 people, the biggest protest in the capital Kiev since the "Orange Revolution" of nine years ago. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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A man sprays gas as Interior Ministry members stand guard during a rally held by supporters of EU integration in Kiev, December 1, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians shouting "Down with the Gang!" rallied on Sunday against President Viktor Yanukovich's Uturn on Europe and some used a building excavator to try to break through police lines at his headquarters. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

A man swings a chain as protesters try to break through police lines near the presidential administration building during a rally held by supporters of EU integration in Kiev, December 1, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians shouting "Down with the Gang!" rallied on Sunday against President Viktor Yanukovich's U-turn on Europe and some used a building excavator to try to break through police lines at his headquarters. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

A protester clashes with riot police during a rally supporting EU integration in front of the Ukrainian cabinet of ministers building in Kiev November 25, 2013. The European Union expressed strong disapproval on Monday of Russian pressure on Ukraine to reject an EU trade deal, while police fired tear gas at pro-Europe protesters in the former Soviet republic, torn once more between East and West. REUTERS/Dmytro Larin

Protesters chant slogans outside the Parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday opened a hightension session in which the opposition aims to put forward a vote of no-confidence in the government in the wake of both the president's shelving an agreement with the European Union and police violence against demonstrators protesting that decision. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Anti-government protesters gather and break stones during a rally in central Kiev, February 19, REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

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