By Alex Lantier16 December 2013 Dueling demonstrations took place in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on Sunday, between right-wing, Western-backed opposition forces calling for Ukraine to join the European Union (EU) and supporters of Ukraine’s Russian-backed President Viktor Yanukovich. Approximately 100,000 protesters (30,000 according to police) marched in the pro-EU protest on Independence Square to … Continue reading Tensions rise in Ukraine amid dueling pro- and anti-EU rallies