Russians following coverage of the Ferguson riots have been comparing the unrest gripping the U.S. over the killing of Mike Brown to the uprising that sent Ukraine into a civil war.
According to hashtag tracker Keyhole, posts mockingly comparing the riots in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson to the crisis in Ukraine have reached some 2 million users since Monday alone.
Users across Russia have dubbed the protests in the U.S. the ‘Afromaidan’, as opposed to Kiev’s ‘Euromaidan’ riots which ousted pro-Russian president Yanukovich last year.
Moscow’s alleged support for Yanukovich and pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine has caused a rift between …read more
Source: Newsweek
