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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Blink?

Ukraine's pro-Russian president has stepped back a bit from confrontation with protesters, it seems. Or is it irrelevant?

Is this a victory for the protesters who want to turn Ukraine to the West?

In back-to-back moves to try resolving Ukraine's political crisis, the prime minister submitted his resignation Tuesday and parliament repealed anti-protest laws that had set off violent clashes between protesters and police.

Or does President Yanukovych believe he has all the laws he needs to disperse the protesters?

Or, if he will simply act outside of the laws, what would the actual laws matter?

I just don't know how significant the back-to-back moves are if the dispute is what direction Ukraine goes.

If Yanukovich just wants to shuffle a couple decks and continue the game of falling into Russia's orbit, why would protesters who want to change direction by joining the West through the European Union voluntarily get off the streets?