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On Thursday, deposed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich issued a resolute statement condemning the Timoshenko junta, maintaining that he’s still head of state. Yanukovich, whose whereabouts are the subject of much speculation, said that he had to ask Russia to make sure of his personal security from threats from Euromaidan extremists, saying, “Everything that’s happening now in the Rada is illegitimate. In short order, all their decisions will be futile, they won’t become reality”. Anonymous government sources said that Russia accepted Yanukovich’s request for asylum and that he was now in Russia. Yanukovich is “wanted” in the Ukraine on trumped-up mass murder charges; the MVDU said that his last known appearance was in the Crimean seaside town of Balaklava on Sunday evening. The coup against Yanukovich’s government over the weekend provoked a wave of pro-Russian rallies in the Southern and Eastern Ukraine, particularly in the Crimea, where ethnic Russians are a majority. Yanukovich noted, “Now, it’s obvious that people in the Southern and Eastern Ukraine and in the Crimea won’t accept anarchic and de facto lawlessness, where mobs in the street ‘elect’ the Cabinet of Ministers”.
27 February 2014
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Exiled Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, whom the Ukraine put on an international wanted list on trumped-up mass murder charges, will hold a news conference in southern Russia on Friday, an official close to him said Thursday. It’ll take place at 17.00 MSK (13.00 UTC) in Rostov-on-Don at a venue to be announced soon.
27 February 2014
RIA-Novosti
http://en.ria.ru/world/20140227/187939828/Defiant-Yanukovych-Requests-Russia-Protection.html
http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140227/187945825/Fugitive-Ukrainian-President-to-Hold-Press-Conference-in-Russia.html
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The Russian government agreed to safeguard Viktor Yanukovich from the extremist putschist junta. The deposed Ukrainian President said that he still considers himself the head of state, he contends that no one can consider the Rada’s actions legitimate; he wants power returned to the legitimate authorities. Konstantin Zatulin, a staff member of the RF Gosduma Committee on SNG Affairs, commended the decision to make sure of Yanukovich’s personal safety as the only correct and humane option, as he asked for Russia’s protection, saying, “In reality, when one looks at the situation in the Ukraine, at what’s happening now in the Crimea, I can say that there is, or at least there was, a quite obvious, clear, and unequivocal threat to the life of President Yanukovich. Personally, I’m not overly keen on President Yanukovich’s actions. However, we in Russia have to answer the question whether we’d survive if we saw another Najibullah hanged upside down again. The world would identify us with our partner, the example of which would make people draw conclusions about our ability to protect our allies and those with whom we’ve had relationships. What would they think if we refused those who directly gave us such a request? During the 90s, not only Najibullah but also Honecker appealed to us. Did our response somehow add to our respect throughout the world? In my opinion, it didn’t. Therefore, regardless of our judgement of Yanukovich, I believe that if we decided to safeguard him, it means that we reaffirm our solidarity with him. This solution recognises that we need to save the life of the Ukrainian President… whether or not we like his present or past actions”.
27 February 2014
Nakanune.ru
http://www.nakanune.ru/news/2014/2/27/22343019
Editor’s Note:
If Yanukovich was last seen in Balaklava, it means that he either left on a private plane taking off from an airbase of the AVMF or he flew to Russia on an actual AVMF aircraft. That is, he’s been in Russia all week. This means that the Russian government de facto considers the putschists illegitimate and without standing. It also means that there’s unimpeded movement between Russia and the Crimea, at least. That means that the Ukrainian “government” lacks the means to control the airspace over the Crimea and over its border crossing points. In short, the putschists lack even the most basic governmental controls over their claimed territory, which means that the risk of civil war is very high, indeed. It does put John Kerry‘s fulminations in a new light, doesn’t it?
BMD
Voices from Russia 
First Secretary of Lugansk KPU Obkom Spiridon Kilinkarov: Even in the Western Ukraine Not a Single KPUnik Defected
Tags: KPU, Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast, Obkom, political commentary, politics, President of Ukraine, Rump Parliament, Russia, Russian, Ukraine, United States, USA, Viktor Yanukovich, Viktor Yanukovych
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Spiridon Kilinkarov, the First Secretary of the Lugansk Oblast KPU Obkom and Rada People’s Deputy, stated that not a single KPUnik defected to the rebels during the present political crisis in the Ukraine, even in the western part of the country. He told us that the KPU is the only political faction without “two-faced” members, and that the threat to ban the KPU backfired, saying, “From the start, people who joined the Party were aware of the act’s significance. Today, in contrast, KPU membership gains in status. In the Lugansk Obkom, we see more people coming to join the Party”. Kilinkarov stated that, over the past few days, there’s a general mood of rising condemnation of the Timoshenko junta amongst KPUniki in the oblast.
27 February 2014
KPRF.ru
KPRF official website
http://kprf.ru/international/ussr/128783.html
Editor’s Note:
Sources in Russia tell me that KPU and Regions people’s deputies left with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich to deprive the Rada of a quorum, to take away its power of action. However, the pro-Western pigs set up a “Rump Parliament“, which means that of its actions are null and void. The USA claims that its supporting democracy, when, in very truth, its supporting the opposite. Like Cromwell‘s body of 1648, Timoshenko’s Phony Rada is bloodthirsty and evil. Support the right… support the legitimate government. Viktor Fyodorovich wasn’t so stupid in the end, was he? He intended to smoke out the oppo rebels, and he did. He’s got more brains than he’s given credit for… after all, VFY DID defeat Timoshenko in a democratic election, didn’t he?
BMD