"That's so great that at least in Ukraine, protests work. More importantly, they are symptoms of a far more problematic phenomenon: the systematic use of ostensibly legal mechanisms to undermine civil society. That’s so great that at least in Ukraine, protests work. But most importantly, they show that this pressure was exercised primarily through formally lawful mechanisms: criminal proceedings, searches, preventive measures, parliamentary procedures, and public communications by state authorities. (Viktor Kovalchuk / Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) R: Oleksiy Chernyshov on Jan. 17, 2023.