Crisis in Ukraine: Parliament Appoints Speaker as Acting President

The opposition-managed Ukrainian parliament has voted to appoint its freshly-elected Speaker Aleksandr Turchinov as performing president. MPs helping the move arguing that President Yanukovich has de facto resigned his place of work. Viktor Yanukovich previously rejected opposition calls to voluntarily step down, which might have saved the parliament taking constitutional impeachment tactics. but parliament, which […]



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