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Happy second anniversary of "Right-wing fanatics destroyed Ukraine, let's blame Russia"! What's the proper way to celebrate this magnificent historical event? Oh, probably by breaking into Russian banks in Kiev and hitting everything (including the plants) with baseball bats:
Dignity has never been so dignified:
Nationalist demonstrators in Ukraine on Saturday attacked two offices of Russian banks in the capital amid observances of the second anniversary of the protests that brought down the Russia-friendly president.
Demonstrators threw rocks through windows at the offices of Alfa Bank and Sberbank and damaged furniture and equipment inside. Protesters also vandalized the offices of the holding company of Ukraine’s richest man, Rinat Akhmetov. Police didn’t intervene.
Why would they? Ukraine is basically part of the EU now, not a lawless, backwards hellhole like Russia, right? But of course, Russia is still the primary reason why Ukrainians streets haven't been paved with gold (yet):
“We need to have a third Maidan,” said Nikolai Kokhanovsky, a leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, using the common term of the protests of 2014 and those of the 2004 Orange Revolution. New protests would “sweep away this corrupt government and pro-Russian oligarchs who have betrayed our revolution of dignity.”
“Russia and the oligarchs are guilty for life in Ukraine becoming worse and worse,” said 21-year-old protester Ruslan Tymchuk, who was dressed in camouflage and wielding a bat.
Keep going, Ukraine. You're doing great.
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