UKRAINE: Several thousand people gathered for a pro-Russia rally in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv

Record ID: 214254

  • Title: UKRAINE: Several thousand people gathered for a pro-Russia rally in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv
  • Date: 1st March 2014
  • Summary: KHARKIV, UKRAINE (MARCH 1, 2014) (REUTERS) THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN CENTRAL SQUARE PEOPLE LISTENING TO SPEAKER SPEAKER ON STAGE VARIOUS PEOPLE LISTENING RUSSIAN FLAGS (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) ELENA BOROVAYA, SAYING: "Our territory should become part of what used to be the Soviet Union. That is what we demand and that's why we are here." STATUE OF VLADIMIR LENIN (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) SERGEI BOROVOY, SAYING: "In 1991 it was a bandit-like takeover (of Ukraine) and now we've come here for justice, so that Russia would be the legal successor to the Soviet Union. We want to be back in the Soviet Union. This is where we stand. We've been suffering for 23 years." WOMAN HOLDING POSTER READING: "THOSE WHO FIGHT RUSSIA FIGHT GOD" PROTESTER HOLDING NEWSPAPER FRONT PAGE READING: I WANT BACK TO THE USSR! WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?" PEOPLE AT RALLY WOMAN HOLDING POSTER READING: 'FEDERATION'
  • Embargoed: 16th March 2014 12:00
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  • Location: Ukraine
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAE0VRUVPBUTQBC66OV0YPF3ST1
  • Story Text: Several thousand pro-Russia protesters rallied in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Saturday (March 1) denouncing new Kiev authorities and calling for reunification with Russia.

    "Our territory should become part of what used to be the Soviet Union. That is what we demand and that's why we are here," said activist Elena Borovaya.

    "In 1991 it was a bandit-like takeover (of Ukraine) and now we've come here for justice, so that Russia would be the legal successor to the Soviet Union. We want to be back in the Soviet Union. This is where we stand. We've been suffering for 23 years," said Sergei Borovoy, referring to the year when the Soviet Union ceased to exist and Ukraine became an independent state.
    Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of sending thousands of extra troops to Crimea and placed its military in the area on high alert as the Black Sea peninsula appeared to slip beyond Kiev's control.
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