ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />A group of Russian artists set fire to a barricade of car tires in St. Petersburg on Sunday night (February 23) in support of the Ukrainian protesters.<br/> <br />The amateur video shows the artists arriving in front of the Church of the Saviour on Blood and proceeding to set up the barricade.<br/> <br />The artists waved the Ukrainian flag and banged on metal sheets, just like the protesters in Kiev.<br/> <br />An unknown number of the artists were arrested.<br/> <br />Russia is an ally of the now impeached Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich.<br/> <br />Protests started in Ukraine in November when Yanukovich ditched a trade deal with the European Union in favor of closer ties with Russia.
