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‘Titushki,’ Yanukovych supporters take over Kyiv’s Mariinsky Park

Feb. 14, 2014, 10:45 a.m. | Olena Goncharova

Pro-government supporters rally against EuroMaidan activists in Kyiv's Mariinsky Park.
© Pavlo Podufalov

This winter, Mariinsky Park in central Kyiv is permanently crowded with government supporters seeking to counter the much larger anti-government EuroMaidan demonstrations that began on Nov. 21.The ruling Party of Regions has been gathering their supporters almost daily, often referred to as “AntiMaidan.”

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