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A rally will be held near the Main Post Office in Kyiv's Maidan (Independence Square) on November 22, the eighth anniversary of Ukraine's "orange revolution," Serhiy Melnyk, the head of the Orange Revolution Coalition Participants, said.

“This year, we will not conduct celebrations because there is nothing to celebrate with the current authoritarian regime in our state. We will mark the eighth anniversary of the Orange Revolution and the second anniversary of the Tax Maidan and the Freedom Day, which has been taken away from us. It will be most likely a tough rally similar to last year’s,” Melnyk told Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday.

The Orange Revolution Coalition Participants and the Committee for the Liberation of Political Prisoners have filed requests for the authorization of the rally with the Kyiv City State Administration, he said.