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Kiev protests: Ukraine’s democracy fatigue

Ukrainians are clamouring for change—but the west is reluctant to help

By Chrystia Freeland  
February 19, 2014
February 2014

The Euromaidan, in Kiev, where “Ukrainians are proving to be willing to fight, be tortured and even die in defence of democracy” ©GETTY IMAGES

The Euromaidan in Kiev where “Ukrainians are proving to be willing to fight, be tortured and even die in defence of democracy” ©Getty Images

Here’s the irony of the struggle which began in Ukraine last November: the activists of the Euromaidan, as they have renamed Kiev’s central square, have shown that democracy remains an incredibly powerful domestic goal in countries that have never properly enjoyed it. But at the same time the fight has revealed how weak the world’s fully fledged democracies are when it comes to asserting their will…

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Chrystia Freeland

Chrystia Freeland is Liberal MP for Toronto Centre

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