A PROTESTER HOLD A STICK

A protester holds a stick over a drum bearing the printed portrait of Ukraine's President as he takes part in an opposition protest against the current Ukrainian government in the western Ukrainain city of Lviv on Dec. 6. Protesters have since Dec. 1 controlled Kiev's main Independence Square in response to Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych's decision to bow to Russian pressure and reject a historic deal with the European Union that would have pulled Ukraine out of Moscow's orbit for the first time. Yanukovych held unannounced talks in Russia on Dec. 6 with Vladimir Putin on a new strategic partnership treaty with Moscow, a move that risks further galvanizing mass pro-Western demonstrations against his rule.