This time last year, the Ukrainian capital was engulfed in protests and violence, with hundreds of thousands out on the streets, demanding the government's resignation. The old administration was toppled, but the escalation of the political crisis left the country divided, striving for stability. RT's Murad Gazdiev looks at the expectations of the revolution and the bitter reality one year on.

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