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Ukraine faces threat of change of power due to disagreements over European integration

ZAMYATINA Tamara 
Meanwhile, according to the results of the Ukrainian sociological surveys, 38% of respondents call for European integration

MOSCOW, December 02. /ITAR-TASS/. The revolutionary situation in the city of Kiev, Ukraine’s capital, after the refusal of President Viktor Yanukovich to sign an association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union may lead to the change of power in the country, Russian and Ukrainian experts believe. On Monday, the protesters in Kiev have blocked the approaches to the Ukrainian government building and attempted to storm the presidential administration building.

The events in Ukraine are looking like a strong blow from the tension of a door spring violently unloaded. On November 21, the Ukrainian government ruled to suspend the preparation to an association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union. This decision resulted in multi-thousand protest actions throughout the country. The rallies of supporters for European integration were peaceful. Their participants urged the authorities to revise their decision and sign an association deal at the EU Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital, on November 29. However, Yanukovich refused from this step in Vilnius.

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