Ukraine Opposition Plans March on Parliament After Merkel Talks - Bloomberg:
"Ukrainian opposition groups plan to march on parliament to push lawmakers to curb President Viktor Yanukovych’s powers, risking renewed conflict with police even as they offer some concessions to end three months of deadlock.
Arseniy Yatsenyuk, a lawmaker and former central banker, told the tens of thousands of people gathered in Kiev’s Independence Square yesterday that the march will take place after he and fellow opposition leader Vitali Klitschko return from talks today with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. Earlier in the day, they agreed to cede control of five government buildings in exchange for a vow by the Prosecutor General’s Office to drop criminal charges against hundreds of demonstrators now under house arrest.
“Let’s form columns here at 8 a.m. on Tuesday and march to parliament,” another lawmaker, Oleh Tyahnybok, who heads the nationalist Svoboda party, yelled from the stage in the Ukrainian capital. “We need you to press them.”"
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