Irish Independent
January 19, 2014
UP to 100,000 Ukrainians massed in the capital Kiev today in defiance of sweeping new laws aimed at stamping out anti-government protests.
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The rally, the biggest this year in a cycle of pro-Europe protests convulsing the former Soviet republic for the past two months, was spurred by the legislation rushed through parliament last week and which the opposition says will lead to a police state.
Significantly raising the stakes in the confrontation with President Viktor Yanukovich, opposition leaders announced a plan to gather people’s signatures expressing no confidence in his leadership and that of parliament.
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