Sting, Joe Cocker, Chris de Burgh and other international music and sports stars are supporting the opposition against the recent disputed Ukrainian presidential elections
Klitschko rallies world celebrities for Yushchenko
Kiev, Ukraine — TV ads will begin running in Ukraine today with international music stars supporting the opposition against the recent disputed Ukrainian presidential elections — including Sting, Joe Cocker, Chris de Burgh, Zucchero, The Cure, Jethro Tull, The Moody Blues and The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan.
Germany's Der Spiegel magazine reported that non-music stars will also feature, including tennis star Boris Becker and German footballer Franz Beckenbauer.
The television campaign is being organized by the Ukrainian boxing brothers Vladimir and Vitali Klitschko, who have been living in Germany for a number of years. Vladimir — and the stars in the video — give their support to opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko.
"It is very important that the international pressure continues," Vladimir Klitschko told Der Spiegel. "The people have been in the street fighting for democracy and free elections for the past week. They need support."
Ukraine’s Ruslana, who won the Eurovision Song Contest this year, went on hunger strike to protest at the official victory of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. Like the Klitschko brothers, Ruslana has also been seen regularly in Kiev’s main square with tens of thousands of protestors, as Ukraine’s most internationally famous artists perform to entertain demonstrators, including Okean Elsi and lead singer of the band VV, Oleg Skripka
