Ukraine's opposition called for international mediation and appealed for Western financial aid for the first time in their protests against President Viktor Yanukovych. Ukraine is trying to reduce the effects of an economic slowdown, but Russia put on hold an 11 billion euros bailout package until a new government is formed. Meanwhile in neighbouring Belarus, Europe's last dictatorship, people are closely following the developments in Ukraine. Andrei Sannikov, a top dissident from Belarus, comments about how the situation in Belarus may be compared to the one in Ukraine.
