Andriy Portnov, a one-time adviser to the ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, has said he quite legally resides in Austria.
Ukrainian MP Nadiia Savchenko has said the Ukrainians should not be afraid of the words "coup d'etat," "revolution," they should be afraid of what has been happening.
A "popular impeachment" march organized by Mikheil Saakashvili, the leader of the opposition Movement of New Forces party, the former governor of Ukraine's Odesa region, was held in Kyiv on December 3, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
November 21, 2013, was the start of the Revolution of Dignity – people came to Kyiv's Maidan Nezalezhnosti Square for a peaceful protest against the then government's decision not to sign the Association Agreement with the European Union.
As the judges of Pechersk District Court of Kyiv were set to decide on the restrictive measure against top police officials of the Yanukovych times who are suspected of obstructing EuroMaidan protesters, supporters of the accused officers got into a skirmish with activists who demanded that the suspects be taken into custody.
Ten of the 23 ex-Berkut riot police officers suspected of gunning down protesters in the last days of the Revolution of Dignity in Kyiv have received Russian citizenship, while a further two men have been given ’refugee’ status, according to Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group.