Opposition supporters

COMM Opposition supporters wave a poster that reads "Down with Kuchma!" during an action of protest in Ukraine's western city of Lvov Monday, September 16, 2002. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the cities' streets nationwide to demand the resignation of Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma in one of the country's biggest anti-presidential demonstrations since gaining independence from the Soviet Union 11 years ago. Some 15,000 protesters took part in an event in Lvov. Photo by Alexei Shinkarenko / UNIAN