By Oksana Poliakova

Translated by William Risch

Beyond Maidan and Kyiv, there have been confrontations between the people and the regime for a long time now. Euromaidan activists in the country’s regions (“oblasts”) have been trying to expose to residents that a corrupt regime is governing the country, one that has brought it to the edge of bankruptcy. The regime has resorted to an information war, it has put economic pressure on businesses supporting Maidan, it has brought up criminal charges against activists, and it has threatened their families.