terça-feira, 28 de janeiro de 2014

Ukraine: life on Maidan Square on the fringes of protests

By Admin 03:00

Every day, she goes to the supermarket and buy some food and other basic necessities to people who practically two months are living in Independence Square in Kiev, the already famous Maidan Square.

On the street, are improvised open-air cantinas where the food taken by Anna are prepared and served for free to Protestants. She's on their side. Not actively, but supports them.

"I cannot stand idly by. Also I live in Kiev, "takes on Anna, explaining how to intervene indirectly in the pro-European protests:" I see on the internet what Protestants need. Sometimes it's coffee or tea, others are medications. They live here and they need support. "

Life on Maidan square isn't easy. It's winter, temperatures are negative. Even in the daytime. Protestants still standing for the duration of the square. Many are there for two months and there's been, for example, Christmas. They need support. Anna feels compelled to help.

But not everyone, including residents in Kiev, is happy with the protests. Between Ukrainians who live in the surrounding area of Maidan Square there are dissenting voices.

Viktor, for example, criticizes "the constant noise and smoke". "It's impossible to live here. I'm against chaos. If you want to keep the protest, please, be my guest. But do not disrupt the lives of other people, "complains.

Another resident in the area, who did not want to identify, sees things differently than Viktor. "It's okay! People are fighting for their rights and this is right. Me don't bother me none, "argues this other.

The sound of beats, which seem more like hammer blows, is frequent. The truth is that the whole area, especially the Hrushevskoho Street, is far from what it was, for example, a year ago. The fires, the destruction, the wreckage, it transfigured the zone. It's going to take a lot for life back to normal in Maidan Square.

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