21:24 27.03.2014

About 1,500 Right Sector activists picketing parliament building in demand of interior minister's dismissal

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About 1,500 people gathered at the Verkhovna Rada's building on Thursday evening for a rally demanding the dismissal of Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, UDAR party faction MP Serhiy Kaplin said on Channel 5.

According to information available, these are Right Sector representatives who demand that Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov be dismissed, he said.

"This is the decision by the Maidan," he added.

The press service of the Interior Ministry's main department in Kyiv told Interfax-Ukraine that the rally numbers about 1,500 people. The activists are not engaged in any unlawful activity.

Police officers are now near the Verkhovna Rada's building. They warn the participants in the rally against any violation of laws.

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