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Maidan survivor stories

A year on, we hear the stories of people who witnessed the bloodiest days of Kiev's Maidan uprising.

More than 50 protesters and three policemen died in February last year during the bloodiest days of Kiev's Maidan uprising. A year on, we hear the stories of people in Maidan Square at the time - reporting, helping the wounded, and even getting married.

Gabrielle Jackson is an Australian journalist who survived being run over by a train whilst on a trip to India.

And the producer of Oscar nominated film Leviathan, Alexander Rodnyansky talks about the controversy surrounding the film and its depiction of Russia.

This programme has been edited since first broadcast.

(Photo: A picture taken on February 20, 2014 shows the Maidan Nezalezhnosti monument (Independence Square) in central Kiev. Credit: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)

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41 minutes

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Fri 20 Feb 201503:05GMT

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  • Thu 19 Feb 201512:05GMT
  • Thu 19 Feb 201523:05GMT
  • Fri 20 Feb 201503:05GMT

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