DONESTSK , Ukraine, May 20 (UPI) -- Rallies, underwritten by a Ukrainian businessman to protest pro-Russian separatism, attracted hundreds to the Donetsk, Ukraine soccer stadium.
The noisy demonstrations in Donetsk, which include cars flying the Ukrainian flag and car horns blaring throughout the city every day at noon, are the idea of Rinat Akhmetov, whose Donetsk-based industrial enterprises have made him one of Ukraine's richest men.