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About 3,000 activists from the opposition Party of Regions waved blue flags on Kiev's main square and chanted "Crisis Stop!" and "Down with the Authorities!". Opposition activists around the country are holding anti-government protests. AP The participants in the protest, entitled "Say Stop to the Crisis!" organized by the Regions Party on Independence Square in Kyiv on Friday, have passed a vote of no-confidence in the current authorities.

The document was addressed to President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn.

"We express our distrust in President Viktor Yushchenko and the government led by Premier Yulia Tymoshenko," reads the resolution.

The document focuses on the existing problems in Ukraine, particularly growth in the unemployment rate, and inflation.

In this connection, the protesters are demanding that the current authorities resign and that snap parliamentary and presidential elections be held.