Year of Hope: Shots at independence turned sour in 2017 from Europe to Iraq

Year of Hope: Shots at independence turned sour in 2017 from Europe to Iraq
2017 saw a number of restive regions launching campaigns for greater autonomy or independence. And they were met with legal clamp-downs, and sometimes violence. Igor Zhdanov looks at the referendums that made waves - from Europe to Iraq. RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday Like us on Facebook http://ift.tt/owj9OZ Follow us on VK http://ift.tt/2yr9Rau Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt Follow us on Google+ http://ift.tt/SlZ8ne Listen to us on Soundcloud: http://ift.tt/1EZNJiG RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.