Ukraina valde Ryssland före EU - stora protester som följd, länkar i inlägg2

So with Russian flags and a few old Soviet flags streaming in the wind, these Ukrainians of Russian heritage have continued to gather every day to dream nostalgically of the Motherland under the benign gaze of one of the less severe statues of Vladimir Lenin that dominate hundreds of Lenin Squares across Russia.

Most of the hundred or so protesters who showed up Thursday were pensioners. They, their parents or grandparents emigrated to the Donbas from some of the poorest parts of Russia to work in the coal factories.---

A big fellow in powder-blue camouflage, who identified himself in good English as being a Russian from across the border in Rostov-on-Don, appeared to be the sole sentinel on duty. Interfering with what I was doing for a few minutes, he demanded to know my name and my reason for “spying” in Donetsk.

Still, I got off lightly. Only a few days ago, when a lot more Russians were around, foreigners were routinely told to “go back to America,” although in much saltier language than that, and were often physically prevented from moving around.