ABOVE: Rising tension in Kiev as riot police take up positions outside protest strongholds
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine‘s president has agreed to meet with the country’s three former presidents to talk about defusing the tense political crisis gripping the country.
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Viktor Yanukovych said on his website that the meeting, labeled “a nationwide roundtable” will take place Tuesday.
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Meanwhile, scores of riot police in full gear were deployed outside protest strongholds in Kyiv, stoking fears of a crackdown.
Yanukovych is facing the biggest opposition protests since the 2004 Orange Revolution, after he chose to freeze ties with the EU and tilt toward Moscow.
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