I talked with Igor on the phone yesterday.
He said that the whole experience of living in Kiev during this orange revolution has been like nothing in his life he's ever experienced before. His relationships with many people have changed. People that he was only acquaintances with before the election are now friends, since they share the bond of demonstrating for Yushchenko. People who he never talked to before are now good acquaintances for the same reason. And people whom he thought were or could be friends are no longer, because they said they support Yushchenko but refused to participate in the demonstrations. His father (also Yelena's father) did not support the demonstrations. Their relationship has always been difficult - now it is nearly impossible.
His father said that it is not worth it to go to the square, it accomplishes nothing, and getting killed for accomplishing nothing is meaningless. It seems to me that instead, meaninglessness comes from persons w