Photo Gallery Looking for a Way Forward in Ukraine
The impasse in Ukraine has been continuing for weeks and there is still no end in sight. Even as the government believes it has done enough to satisfy protester demands, the demonstrations are spreading to the east. Russia is losing its patience. Here, a woman in Kiev looks at a photo exhibition from the last several weeks of protests.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the official reception at the beginning of the Olympics in Sochi. The pair no doubt have plenty to discuss. Russia would like to see the protests in Ukraine brought to a rapid conclusion.
At the end of January, Yanukovych dissolved his government and has yet to replace it. He has not met one of the protesters's key demands: new elections.
Ex-Ukrainian premier Mykola Asarov travelled to Vienna to attend to his business interests soon after he was relieved of his governmental duties.
Oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, owner of the football club in Donezk and one of the richest men in the country, could play a key role in finding a resolution to the crisis that is gripping the country.
Dmytro Bulatov, the leader of the Ukrainian AutoMaidan protest movement, is seen after he was found near Kiev at the end of January. He had been missing for a week prior to his reappearance and claimed that he was tortured by his captors.
Vitali Klitschko is one of the opposition leaders who are insisting on new elections. President Yanukovych has preferred waffling to decision-making.
Klitschko in central Kiev in January. Some in Russia, including a close advisor to President Putin, are demanding that Yanukovych use violence to clear the streets.
