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Kiev anti-government protest draws 100,000
Source: Associated Press
Kiev anti-government protest draws 100,000
AP foreign, Sunday December 22 2013
YURAS KARMANAU
Associated Press= KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — About 100,000 people rallied in Ukraine's capital Sunday to demand the ouster of the president and his Cabinet as mass anti-government protests entered their second month.
The rallies were sparked by President Viktor Yanukovych's decision last month to choose ties with Russia over integration with the 28-nation European Union. That deeply angered many Ukrainians, who favor the democratic structures of the West over Russia's autocratic government.
After a violent police crackdown on a peaceful rally, the demonstrators turned against Yanukovych himself and have transformed Kiev into a giant protest encampment.
"We will create such a hell for the authorities that the ground will burn under their feet," said Oleh Tyahnybok, head of the opposition nationalist party Svoboda.
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AP foreign, Sunday December 22 2013
YURAS KARMANAU
Associated Press= KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — About 100,000 people rallied in Ukraine's capital Sunday to demand the ouster of the president and his Cabinet as mass anti-government protests entered their second month.
The rallies were sparked by President Viktor Yanukovych's decision last month to choose ties with Russia over integration with the 28-nation European Union. That deeply angered many Ukrainians, who favor the democratic structures of the West over Russia's autocratic government.
After a violent police crackdown on a peaceful rally, the demonstrators turned against Yanukovych himself and have transformed Kiev into a giant protest encampment.
"We will create such a hell for the authorities that the ground will burn under their feet," said Oleh Tyahnybok, head of the opposition nationalist party Svoboda.
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