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Hello, thanks for doing this! Random questions.

• What do you think about the (rumoured?) austerity measures that the IMF etc may or may not impose as part of any deal to bail the Ukraine out, is there much knowledge or talk of this among the protesters.

• What do they think of large parts of eastern Ukraine being supportive of a close relationship with Russia (also in your opinion are large parts of eastern Ukraine supportive of a close relationship with Russia) are people disscussing the possibility of a federated state or a break up of the country?

• Also how much support is there for the younger political figures like Klitchko, do people regard them in a similar way as they did the orange revolution leaders, or is there a more pragmatism. Is this a sustained period of political mass participation or a single action. Would you say the protesters are more a group of people with a system/various measures/policies/etc in mind looking for politicians who can achieve this, people looking for a leader or just dissatisfied with the ex president and Russian influence. For example, if Klitchko or whoever is elected and they pursue unpopular policies will the same people be on the streets like in Egypt.

I'm sure people have asked you about the right sector and other far right groups (if they have ignore this). How powerful do you think they are and how much support do they have among the protesters.

Thanks again!

Thanks so much for answering!

I should've said my main question is whether the protesters themselves have a partially organised set of demands or they are being lead or looking for a leader.

I ask this because some peoples view of what happened in the orange revolution, that popular action was used to oust one set of corrupt elites and install another (with iirc not much of any change in the living situation for most people, level of corruption etc) could repeat itself here, especially because of the economic options that Ukraine seems to have a the moment (the IMF or Russia).