MOSCOW, April 7 (RIA Novosti) - The violent suppression of anti-government demonstrations in eastern Ukraine would lead to a full-scale civil war, the president of the Center of System-based Analysis and Forecasting told RIA Novosti on Monday.
"A violent crackdown is a possibility since [former Ukrainian Prime Minister] Yulia Tymoshenko has called to start shooting to quell the mob," Rostislav Ishenko said.
"This will trigger a totally reverse reaction, with people organizing resistance. Then it will turn into a full-scale civil war," Ishenko said.
Protests in support of Ukraine's federalization took place Sunday in the eastern Ukrainian cities of Donetsk, Kharkov and Lugansk. Demonstrators carrying Russian national flags urged authorities to allow their regions to hold referendums to determine their status within the country.
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