You say you want a revolution

The Australian:

THE Ukrainian Government's control over nationwide television was broken today, a key factor in maintaining support for Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, when a station began covering opposition demonstrations that have gripped the capital. The pro-government private channel 1+1 said in a statement yesterday that it decided to begin providing "objective information" after having halted news broadcasts since Monday when journalists refused to operate under censorship. The first reports of the mass opposition rallies in the country were aired in the dawn hours of today.

Kim Stanley Ronbinson wrote in his Red Mars Trilogy that political power derives from a look in the eye, not the barrel of a gun. I expect that Yanukovich is not happy with what he is seeing in the eyes of his people today. Hopefully Putin will also take note and steer Russia away from a similar course.