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Below are a list of resources that cover the current political unrest in Ukraine, which has become a “cold” proxy conflict between the European Union (EU) and Russia.  Economists argue that joining the EU would benefit Ukraine, but Russia has warned that doing so may endanger the country’s gas shipments.  Ukraine’s current president, Viktor Yanukovych, was ousted by a popular protest called the “Orange Revolution” in 2004, but made a political comeback and became Ukraine’s president in 2010. As an interesting aside, the current protests against Yanukovych are being carried out by the current world heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko.