Opposition Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovich greets his supporters during a congress of the Regions Party in Kiev October 23, 2009. REUTERS/Andriy Mosienko/ Pool
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich is set to head for China on Tuesday, leaving a country plunged into crisis by his decision to forego a free trade deal with Europe under pressure from Russia.
With pro-Europe demonstrators blockading the government's main building in Kiev, their allies in parliament called for a vote of no confidence in the cabinet on Tuesday over what they say is a lurch back towards Soviet-style rule from Moscow.
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