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Radicals meet on Maidan Nezalezhnosti

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Priests at the improvised stage near stella monument at Independence square during anti-government protest on Feb. 21.

During the ultra-nationalist public meeting in central Kyiv, conducted by Revolutionary Right-Wing Forces organization, the activists announced their demands on Feb. 21.

Among the main demands were the resignation of the government, the dismissals of the head of the National Bank of Ukraine, and the secretary of National Security Council. They also demand a ban on holding a post in government for anyone who was in power in the last 10 years.

The activists set up at least 7 tents around the monument at Maidan Nezalezhnosti, lit fires in metal trash bins, and brought wood for heating, tea and food.

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