KIEV, April 4 ??“ Ukraine's business leaders and representatives of NGO's uniting entrepreneurs have demanded that the authorities abandon destructive political disputes and start a constructive large-scale dialogue.

"We demand that politicians, political parties, and power structures cease political bickering and finally acknowledge that the supreme holder of power in Ukraine is the Ukrainian people, who demand painstaking work for the sake of their welfare and prosperity instead of the usual political games," the statement from the businessmen said.