<p>Demonstrators in Kiev’s Independence Square were decorating safety helmets on Tuesday, December 17, keeping occupied and entertained during arduous anti-government protests against Ukraine’s renewed alliance with its old Soviet paymaster Russia. Ukraine’s president Viktor Yanukovich on Tuesday <a class="link" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/12/17/uk-ukraine-idUKBRE9BG09Q20131217" target="_blank">secured a $15 billion bailout</a> from Russia, rejecting a trade pact with the EU. Credit: YouTube/Evhen Chubuk</p>
