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The united opposition has launched a campaign "Ukraine Against Yanukovych" and intends to lodge a lawsuit against Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych with the Higher Specialized Court for Consideration of Civil and Criminal Cases.

“We announced last Friday that we were expanding the protest action and declared a nationwide campaign called ‘Ukraine Against Yanukovych’. We’re launching this campaign in all regional and district centers,” head of the Batkivschyna’s United Opposition and the leader of the Front for Change Party Arseniy Yatseniuk said at a press conference on Monday.

He said that Yanukovych was to blame for all the problems in the country.

“The aim of this campaign is to appeal to the citizens of Ukraine, asking them to support the opposition’s lawsuit against President Yanukovych. The opposition will file a lawsuit concerning the usurpation of power by President Yanukovych with the Higher Specialized Court,” Yatseniuk said.