DUSHANBE, December 10, 2013, Asia-Plus — The Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Rahmatillo Zoirov intends to write a book about Ukrainian events.
According to him, he was in Ukraine from November 29 to December 5 and he spent six days in Kyiv.
Zoirov said that he had made a trip to Ukraine not as SDP leader but as researcher in order to research the political situation in Ukraine.
While in Kyiv, he reportedly met with the Ukrainian opposition leaders, participated in roundtables, and observed rallies.
He also visited Kharkiv hoping to see Yulia Tymoshenko but he failed to meet with her.
Zoirov says he has taken 1,500 pictures while in Ukraine. According to him, he also has a four-hour video filming.
“I want to publish a book entitled “Political Crisis in Ukraine” soon, in which I will tell the fateful days of Ukraine” Zoirov told journalists on December 10.
He noted that reports released by Russian media sources about Kyiv events and Euromaidan did not fully correspond to the facts.
The Euromaidan is the wave of demonstrations and civil unrest that began on the night of November 21, 2013, when Ukrainian citizens started spontaneous protests in the capital of Kyiv after the Ukrainian government suspended preparations for signing an Association Agreement and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with the European Union. In turn, protesters have demanded the resignation of the current government, the impeachment of the president, and have called for snap elections.
There is ongoing expert discussion on whether the Euromaidan movement constitutes a revolution, and many protest leaders use this term frequently when addressing the public. Select media outlets in the region have dubbed the evolution of the movement, Eurorevolution.
Founded in 2002, the Social-Democratic Party was registered on December 20, 2002. It was originally registered as the Party of Justice and Development in 1999. Tajikistan”s Ministry of Justice requested the same year that the Supreme Court ban the party”s activities and its registration was canceled. The party re-emerged and was registered under the name of the Social-Democratic Party in late 2002. The party was renamed the National Social-Democratic Party on December 4, 2011.
Chairman of the Nationals Social-Democratic Party is Rahmatillo Zoirov and the party reportedly has 7,700 members.
