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Yanukovich urges Ukraine’s current rulers to stop lawlessness

ROSTOV-ON-DON, February 28. /ITAR-TASS/. Fugitive Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich on Friday urged the current authorities of his country to stop lawlessness.

“You will bear responsibility for that, and the end is clear,” Yanukovich said at a news conference in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.

Ukraine has seen its legitimate leader Yanukovich ousted in anti-government protests that took a violent turn on February 18. The country’s unicameral parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, then appointed an interim head of state and approved a new government.

“In conclusion, I would like to address those who, so to say, call themselves the legitimate authorities of Ukraine now. I would like to say once again: come to senses! Come to senses and stop this lawlessness, you will bear responsibility for that,” he said.

“The people of Ukraine will never agree to live with you in such a country,” he said. “That’s why I want to say: leave and don’t allow greater lawlessness and grief to the Ukrainian people.”