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One thing really stood out to me about this protest, and that is how isolated and targeted it is against government. The writer mentioned how no shopkeepers are affected, and that protesting is specifically barricaded around the government district.

Irrespective of the violence and damage taking place, that there is no collateral means that we can't detract from the focus of the issue.

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That is very hard to believe :) and naive assertion, all reports point out to very aggressive 'protesters' that attack security forces to provoke their reaction and that whole nature of protest is changing towards violence and aggression.

He said it is targeted at the government and not that there was no violence at all. I personally don't have any problem with them attacking security forces when it is the security forces that initiated the violence to begin with.

Do you have a dog in this fight?

Read the post then if you disagree present some evidence. What "all reports"? Here's a balanced one that disagrees with your claim:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/world/europe/ukrainian-pre...

By 'protestors' do you mean they are not protestors? If so what are they?

I suspect you get all your information from Russian government sources. Right?

This is your second post that disputes this blog but you offer no evidence to support your claims. The photos of intact shops and first hand accounts are supplies in the blog post. What is your involvement or interest? The story offered here is pretty compelling I thought.

Do you also believe the news reports that come from such trusted media organizations as Fox, or KCNA?

All reports means very little when the only sources available are controlled by a party with a vested interest in the outcome.

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