KIEV, Ukraine — Several times a week, in spite of being unemployed, construction worker Sergey Meleshko starts his day at 4 a.m.
With dozens of other residents of Vatutino, a small town in central Ukraine, the 44-year-old boards a rickety bus and takes the five-hour ride to Kiev, the Ukrainian capital. He then marches around the city center shouting slogans and holding signs in support of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.