‘Maidan’ and new media: the Kyiv Revolt seen from Ukraine and London (guest blog)

This article by LSE student and Silverstone Scholar Elena Serdyuk. At the beginning of December 2013, while I was physically in London, my heart and mind were in the centre of Kyiv with my family, friends and thousands of Ukrainians who took to the streets, appalled by the violence used by the Berkut riot police against the peaceful protesters on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (“Independence Square” in English; “Maidan” for short) on the night of 30 November.