Yanukovich says he's still president, asks Russia to ensure his safety. [View all]

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This guy is clearly not giving up. As RT News reports:

Viktor Yanukovich still considers himself the legitimate leader of Ukraine and warns against an internal military conflict, according to a statement. He also asks Russia to ensure his safety against the actions of “extremists” that took power in Ukraine. “On the streets of many cities of our country, extremism thrives. Threats of bodily harm are thrown at me and my collaborators. I’m forced to ask the Russian authorities to ensure my personal security against the actions of extremists,” Yanukovich said.

Yanukovich’s security will reportedly be ensured on Russian territory “in connection with the fact that President Yanukovich appealed to the Russian authorities to ensure his personal safety,” a source inside the Russian authorities told Interfax. The southeast of the country and the Crimea don’t acknowledge the mayhem in Ukraine under which “leaders are chosen by the crowd,” news agencies quote Yanukovich's statement. Yanukovich also said that he hadn’t ordered the Ukrainian army to interfere in the internal political events, and he doesn’t order it now, the statement reads. “If someone gave such orders to the armed or security forces, these orders would be illegitimate, criminal,” Yanukovich stated.

However, the leader of the Batkivshina (Fatherland) party, Arseny Yatsenyuk, has said that Yanukovich is no longer the country’s president and that he has been put on an international wanted list. Yanukovich’s former Interior Minister, Vitaly Zakharchenko, has also been put on an international wanted list.

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Read more at: http://rt.com/news/yanukovich-president-ukraine-statement-002/