Supporters of the Donetsk national Republic (DND) held a rally near the building of the city Council in Mariupol, voting for resignation of the incumbent mayor Yuriy Khotlubey and the election of a new, " people " - Alexander Fomenko, informs on Sunday magazine.

Participation the meeting was attended several hundred supporters DND. During the action the participants collected signatures for the resignation of the mayor. The protesters were holding posters: " Peace for Children ", " Children's right to life ", " the Voice of Donbass " and others.

During the rally organizers with improvised scenes discussed the actions of the mayor, which cause their nedovolstvo, and made a proposal to entrust the management of the city " people's mayor " to conduct planned for September elections.

Activists supported this proposal, saying that do not have any claims to the nominated candidate and elected " people's mayor " Fomenko - ex-head of the municipal enterprise " Alians GIS ".


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. It has been the response of local citizens at the forcible change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law, giving the Russian language regional status. The center of confrontation between Pro-Russian-minded people with the government in Kiev has become the Donbass. About that, how is the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.

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