Yanukovych showed up: He asks for protection from Russia and calls not to recognize the new government in Kyiv
Kyiv, February 27 (Navigator, Mikhail Ryabov) – Viktor Yanukovych, whose whereabouts are still unknown, suddenly appeared in the information space: Russian media distributed a statement on his behalf.
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“Everything that is happening now in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has no legitimacy... I am forced to ask the Russian authorities to ensure my personal safety from the actions of extremists. Unfortunately, everything that is happening now in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has no legitimacy,” the document says.
“I officially declare my determination to fight to the end for the implementation of important compromise agreements to get Ukraine out of a deep political crisis. I urge you to immediately return the situation in our country to the constitutional field.
It is now becoming obvious that the people in the south-east of Ukraine and Crimea do not accept the anarchy and virtual lawlessness in the country, when the heads of ministries are elected by the crowd in the square. I, as the current president, did not allow the armed forces of Ukraine to interfere in ongoing internal political events. I order this now. If someone gives such an order to the Armed Forces and security forces, such orders will be illegal and criminal,” Yanukovych says.
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