200 students rally for the sacking of the education minister

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200 students rally outside Verkhovna Rada for the sacking of education minister Tabachnyk. Tabachnyk is loathed by opposition politicians for his view of Ukraine’s history which includes the thesis that western Ukrainians aren’t really Ukrainian.

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in Society, on the 20th of February 2012

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A Ukrainian student stands beside effigies of President Viktor Yanukovych

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Close to 200 students rally outside the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with a demand to sack Education and Science, Youth and Sports Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk

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Close to 200 students rally outside the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with a demand to sack Education and Science, Youth and Sports Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk. According to protestors, Tabachnyk was willing to change the law on education, reducing class time allocated for the study of the Ukrainian language and history courses. The banner with Tabachnyk's portrait reads "Jail for Tabachnik and we will go to study!"