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‘Afromaidan’: Russians Compare Ferguson Unrest to Ukraine Crisis


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

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