Medvedev's recent remarks about Yushchenko spark protest in Ukraine.

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Ukraine's People's Party stage a rally outside the Russian embassy in Kiev to protest remarks made by the Russian president about Viktor Yushchenko.

SHOWS: KIEV, UKRAINE (AUGUST 13, 2009) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

1. UKRAINE'S PEOPLE'S PARTY PROTESTERS WAVING FLAGS IN FRONT OF RUSSIAN EMBASSY

2. PROTESTER SPEAKING TO CROWD THROUGH LOUD-HAILER

3. PROTESTER HOLDING POSTER SHOWING DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE, WITH HEADS OF PUTIN AND MEDVEDEV, READING: "LOST THEIR MIND OVER SUCCESS"

4. POLICE IN FRONT OF EMBASSY FENCE

5. SIGN READING: "EMBASSY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION"

6. UKRAINE'S PEOPLE'S PARTY LEADER VOLODYMYR SHOVKOSHYTNY SPEAKING THROUGH LOUD-HAILER

7. POSTER SHOWING PUTIN HOLDING CARDBOARD FIGURE OF MEDVEDEV

8. PROTESTERS LOOKING ON

9. PROTESTERS HOLDING POSTER READING "RUSSIAN CHAUVINISM IS UNTREATED DISEASE OF IMPERIAL NEO-NAZIS"

10. PROTESTER HOLDING BANNER

11. PROTESTER SHOUTING: "SHAME ON YOU"

12. PROTESTERS HOLDING FLAGS AND BANNER

13. PROTESTER HOLDING BANNER

14. UKRAINE'S PEOPLE'S PARTY FLAGS FLYING

15. MEMBERS OF UKRAINE'S PEOPLE'S PARTY WALKING TOWARDS ENTRANCE TO RUSSIAN EMBASSY TO HAND OVER PARTY'S STATEMENT

16. MEDIA

17. RUSSIAN EMBASSY OFFICIAL OPENING DOOR, TAKING STATEMENT

18. POLICEMAN AND MEDIA

19. RUSSIAN EMBASSY OFFICIAL TAKING STATEMENT, CLOSING GATE

20. RUSSIAN FLAG FLYING OUTSIDE EMBASSY

21. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) UKRAINE'S PEOPLE' PARTY LEADER, VOLODYMYR SHOVKOSHYTNY, SAYING:

"Ukraine's People's Party has adopted a statement where recent remarks made by President Medvedev are viewed as an interference in Ukraine's internal affairs. The whole world views it as a rude interference into the internal affairs of the sovereign and independent Ukrainian state."

22. COAT OF ARMS ON EMBASSY WALL

23. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) UKRAINE'S PEOPLE' PARTY LEADER, VOLODYMYR SHOVKOSHYTNY, SAYING:

"Today it is important to take all necessary measures to strengthen our eastern and north-eastern frontiers and to isolate the Black Sea fleet in the Crimea. How to isolate? Not to allow ships to leave the base and to allow them to take part in military manoeuvres. We have already seen similar manoeuvres in South Ossetia an Abkhazia and we know how they end."

24. MORE OF PROTEST

STORY: Supporters of the Ukraine People's Party staged a protest outside the Russian embassy in Kiev on Thursday (August 13) to protest Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's comments accusing Yushchenko of "anti-Russian" policies and wishing for a leader in Ukraine who was easier for Moscow to deal with.

Protesters were holding a poster reading "Russian Chauvinism is Untreated Disease of Imperial Neo-Nazis'' and another showing the double headed eagle of the Russian coat of arms with the heads of Putin and Medvedev.

"Ukraine's People's Party has adopted a statement where recent remarks made by President Medvedev are viewed as an interference in Ukraine's internal affairs. The whole world views it as a rude interference into the internal affairs of the sovereign and independent Ukrainian state," said Volodymyr Shovkoshytny, leader of Ukraine People's party.

Relations between Russian and Ukraine, a former Soviet republic, have deteriorated steadily since Kiev's Orange Revolution brought pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko to power in 2004. Russia has twice cut off gas supplies through Ukraine to Europe amid disputes over payments and contracts.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev lashed out on Tuesday at Yushchenko and analysts saw his comments as an attempt to influence Ukraine's presidential election, due in January.

Yushchenko, who is seeking re-election but is unlikely to win, reacted to Medvedev's outburst, saying he was disappointed with such ''unfriendly'' comments. His aide accused Russia of being stuck in its imperial past and relishing bullying and insulting its neighbours.

The leaders of Ukraine People's Party handed a written protest to the representative of the Russian embassy.

"Today it is important to take all necessary measures to strengthen our eastern and north-eastern frontiers and to isolate the Black Sea fleet in the Crimea. How to isolate? Not to allow ships to leave the base and to allow them to take part in military manoeuvres. We have already seen similar manoeuvres in South Ossetia an Abkhazia and we know how they end," said Shovkoshytny, referring to Russia's brief war with Georgia a year ago.

The war of words follow Kiev's expulsion of a Russian diplomat last month, mutual accusations over Russia's Black Sea Fleet naval base in the Crimean peninsula and the visit to Kiev of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden.

Biden lent his support to Yushchenko's bid for Ukrainian membership of NATO, a move Russia sees as a threat to its security. Moscow is also unhappy at Yushchenko's insistence that the Black Sea Fleet vacate its base by 2017.

But Yushchenko, with public support of just 4 percent, has little chance of winning re-election.

The key contenders for president in the January 17 election - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich - are both seen as more likely to seek better relations with the Kremlin.

Yanukovich, the Moscow-backed presidential candidate who lost out in the Orange Revolution, now leads the opinion polls, followed by Tymoshenko.