In Donetsk, protesters again hoisted the Russian tricolor near the administration
Donetsk, March 09 (Navigator, Olga Nikolaeva) - 5 thousand people rally on Lenin Square in Donetsk for holding a referendum on the annexation of the region to Russia.
The website Donbass.ua reports this.
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The protesters are demanding the resignation of the Kiev-appointed governor, oligarch Sergei Taruta.
Previously, the administration issued a ban on holding rallies near administrative buildings.
Despite this, the protesters moved to the Donetsk regional administration building.
The protesters are chanting “Freedom for Gubarev!”, “Taruta out!”, “Akhmetov is an enemy of the people!”..
On the flagpole near the building of the Donetsk regional administration, the national flag of Ukraine was torn down and the flag of the Russian Federation was hoisted.
The police do not interfere in the situation.
And about. On March 2, President Alexander Turchynov appointed Sergei Taruta chairman of the Donetsk Regional State Administration.
At a rally on March 1, residents of Donetsk elected Pavel Gubarev as the “people's governor,” who subsequently presented an ultimatum to the regional and city authorities calling on them not to recognize the authorities in Kyiv.
In the following days, pro-Russian activists twice seized the building of the Donetsk regional administration.
Only on Thursday did the police manage to lift the blockade; Gubarev himself was arrested by SBU special forces.
English version :: Read in English In Donetsk, protesters again raised the Russian tricolor near the administration building.