Blogger Kevin Rothrock notes that in the last 24 hours, based on Twitter activity, Russian interest in Ukraine has been twice that of the Winter Olympic Games. “While it’s no surprise that Internet users are drawn to the revolutionary display in Kiev,” writes Rothrock, “it is remarkable that the host of the Winter Olympics seems to have lost its home audience to a foreign event.”
https://twitter.com/PzFeed/status/435852693920563200
There are now 182,000 people watching #Ukraine revolution streaming live. Far more than number of visitors to #Sochi Olympics #euromaidan
— Simon Shuster (@shustry) February 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/Chanders/status/435865923094728704
It may be snowing in #Sochi, but #Kiev is on fire tonight, and not enough people are paying attention. Scary stuff: http://t.co/59MjroMPLo
— Matt Brooks (@MattBrooksWP) February 18, 2014
People of good will in #Ukraine, in Europe and in Russia slould stop watching #Sochi & unite 2 prevent a new iron curtain across Europe.
— Sławomir Dębski (@SlawomirDebski) February 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/Freed0m_machine/status/435845291976036352
Putin's Olympics in Sochi, but meanwhile a few hundred miles away… RT @DougSaunders Extraordinary scene in Kiev pic.twitter.com/Y1lq711ZhS"
— Mike CollinsWilliams (@mikejcw) February 18, 2014
Move along, no story here or in Kiev: Russia's Sochi slant http://t.co/5k0ijwv8gq by @sallyjenx pic.twitter.com/Uw8oQJHnfo
— David Beard (@dabeard) February 18, 2014
One day's drive from the Sochi and the international community's celebration of sport. RT @maxseddon Kiev is burning pic.twitter.com/kSwAGIiHIn
— Jeff Rutherford (@JeffCRutherford) February 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/TheBlogPirate/status/435853965087875072
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