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8:44. Car belonging to Euromaidan activists was burnt down in the centre of Kharkov on the night on Friday, December 27. This was the third car burnt there since the beginning of Euromaidan in November.
8:55. U.S. is concerned about the use of force against Euromaidan activists.
9:23. A video posted on YouTube shows a train with the protesting inhabitants of Zaporozhye, who did not receive money for their participation in Antimaidan in Kyiv.
10:50. Police detained Alexander Kotenko, whose brother Sergei was detained yesterday as a suspect in the case of the brutal beating of journalist Tatiana Chornovol.
11:28. In Nikolaev unidentified men set fire to apartment door of Euromaidan activist, member of the 'Democratic Alliance' Eugene Mateychuk.
12:00. Euromaidan activists in Odessa held a rally on Potemkin stairs. They lined up in the words 'Mi E' ('We are') and lit sparklers, and on the stairs below they stretched the 12-meter flag of Ukraine.
12:34. Prime Minister Nykolai Azarov in a live interview with "1st National" Channel stated the EU requirements for Ukraine:
- adopt a law on the equality of sexual minorities;
- build 'a large number' of points of reception of refugees on the border;
- introduce biometric passports with fingerprints.
12:41. Nykolai Azarov said that the signing of the Association Agreement depends on whether the EU would agree to the conditions of Ukraine.
'Everything depends on the EU, the European Commission. Our condition is very simple - we've offered a trilateral format. Russia gave its consent, now it's up to the European Commission', said Azarov.
The second condition named by Prime Minister is compensation in terms of the implementation of the Association Agreement after signing it. The third is Europe's participation in the modernization of the Ukrainian gas transport system.
'The prospect of signing the Association Agreement will appear once these issues will be solved', said Prime Minister.
13:03. Prime Minister Nykolai Azarov said that the conditions of the Russian $15 billion loan to Ukraine do not include early repayment.
13:12. Nykolai Azarov said that the Cabinet of Ministers used the first $3 billion tranche of $15 billion Russian loan to repay social obligations.
13:15. Police detained a fifth suspect directly involved into the beating of journalist Tatiana Chornovol.
13:22. Pechersk district court refused to grant the petition on the release of lawyer Sergei Garagutsa, who was arrested for assault of the Presidential Administration on December 1, on the basis of the law 2On elimination of negative impacts and prevention of the prosecution and punishment in connection with the events that took place during the peaceful assemblies' signed by President Viktor Yanukovich on December 23.
13:25. According to a survey held by Fund 'Democratic Initiatives' and the Ukrainian Centre for Economic and Political Studies named after Alexander Razumkov, 75.2% of Ukrainians believe Euromaidan is the main event of the year in Ukraine.
13:39. The Interior Ministry has information that one of the suspects in the beating Tatiana Chornovol was a member of the gang, the leader of which 'worked closely' with Klitschko brothers. Vitali Klitschko is a leader of the opposition party "UDAR".
14:15. Prime Minister Nykolai Azarov says Ukraine can't join the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEC), since such an association doesn't exist yet.
14:44. Deputy of the opposition party 'Batkivshchyna' Vitaly Yarema says the Interior Ministry is intentionally politicizing the case of journalist Tatiana Chornovol by attributing suspected in her beating with the opposition.
16:00. Police searched an apartment rented by Euromaidan activist and member of the Svoboda opposition party Stanislav Krasov. Krasnov said that after the search ten thousand UAH ($1200) and a laptop disappeared.
16:35. Battered journalist Tatiana Chornovol is being prepared for the first operation that'll be held tomorrow, December 28.
17:03. The Interior Ministry wants to get a full DVR recording from Tatiana Chornovol's car.
18:55. Pechersk district court ordered to put in jail for two months Alexander Hramtsov, one of the suspects in beating of journalist Tatiana Chornovol.
19:42. Another suspect into Tatiana Chornovol's beating - Alexander Kotenko - has been put in jail for two months, until February 23, 2014.
20:45. Sergei Kotenko, a suspect in attack on journalist Tatiana Chornovol, denies his involvement into the beating of the journalist.
21:19. Sergei Kotenko has been arrested for two months as the two other suspects in Tatiana Chornovol beating.
22:09. Andrey Nasikovsky detained in suspicion of assaulting journalist Tatiana Chornovol denies his involvement into the beating of the journalist.
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