Nearly a decade after Ukraine's Euromaidan revolution, the struggle against Russian influence has found new life on the streets of Tbilisi, where protesters see the "foreign agent" law as a haunting echo of the empire's last gasps.
While the presence of FSB agents on the streets of Kyiv during the Euromaidan protests was a chilling reminder of Russia's determination to maintain its grip on Ukraine, it was just one piece of a much larger puzzle - a campaign of interference that included everything from disinformation and sabotage to plans for an outright invasion.
Two decades after the Rose Revolution set Georgia on a pro-Western path, the country reaches a critical juncture as tens of thousands defend their European aspirations against the government's Russia-inspired "foreign agents"
European Council President, Germany’s Defense Minister, and Moldova’s President arrived in Kyiv on the 10th anniversary of EuroMaidan, and held meetings with Ukraine’s President. Germany announced a new €1.3 billion military assistance package for Ukraine.
The debate is still set to happen at a summit in mid-December, but the approval of the European Commission sends a powerful signal to Ukraine, which was in 2014 invaded by Russia for choosing the path towards the EU.
A Kyiv court has delivered limited justice for the deaths of nearly 50 protesters shot in February 2014, and disproved conspiracy theories about the involvement of alleged “foreign snipers” in the Ukrainian capital. However, true justice is yet to be delivered: the bigwig perpetrators are fugitives in Russia.
Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation (DBR) has finished its probe of former top officials for organizing the violent dispersal of the 2014 Maidan protests, which killed over 100 demonstrators. Prosecutors have now filed indictments against ex-president Viktor Yanukovych and his security chiefs.