(Reuters) - U.S. Senator John McCain met Ukrainian opposition leaders in Kiev on Saturday and voiced support for protesters camped out for weeks in the capital, a move sure to anger Moscow for what it sees as Western meddling in its backyard.
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US Senator John McCain (R) speaks to leaders of Ukrainian opposition Arseniy Yatsenyuk (L) from Batkivshchyna Party, and Andriy Tyagnybok (C) from Svoboda party, during their meeting in Kiev on December 14, 2013. McCain arrived to Ukraine over the weekend, a trip that will make him the highest-ranking US official to visit the former Soviet republic since protests erupted there last month over Kiev's move to tighten ties with Moscow. AFP PHOTO/ BATKIVSHCHYNA PARTY PRESS-SERVICE POOL/ ANDREW KRAVCHENKO
