Over 2,000 people with Russian flags rally in Donetsk
About 2,000 people carrying Russian flags have come up to the building of Donetsk Regional State Administration this morning.
The people are chanting, "Taruta - out" (Serhiy Taruta, appointed as head of the administration by Ukraine's acting president a day earlier). They are holding posters which say "Donbass - Russia", "Russians, our brothers."
Radical pro-Russian protesters are planning to "appear for the session of Donetsk Regional Council so that deputies get familiar with the people," according to the information posted on social networking sites a day earlier.
On Monday reporters and the deputies were led into the building through a back entrance. The windows are protected with metal grids. There is a heavy police presence in the square.
This Monday morning the regional council is due to hold a session which is expected to introduce Taruta.