Extremists who hunger for power in Ukraine must be stopped – Russian FM
24 February 2014, 19:31
Moscow calls on all parties involved in the Ukrainian riots to take full responsibility and to prevent further deterioration of the crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated. 'We urge all parties involved in the Ukrainian crisis to take full responsibility and to prevent further deterioration of the crisis. The situation must be brought back to legal framework, extremists who hunger for power must be stopped,' the Foreign Ministry said.
Moscow is also disturbed by attempts to justify the compulsory change of power in Ukraine with the help of international organizations, including the UN Secretariat. 'We have an impression that the agreement of February 21, with the tacit consent of its external sponsors, is only used as a cover to promote the script of compulsory change of power in Ukraine through the creation of 'facts as the play progresses' without any desire to seek the all-Ukrainian consensus and general reconciliation. We are particularly disturbed by attempts to justify these actions with the help of international organizations, including the UN Secretariat," the Foreign Ministry said.
Ukraine's parliament announced February 22 its decision to change the constitution, changed leadership of the parliament and the Interior Ministry, and appointed commissioners for the supervision of the Ministry of Defense, Security Council and the General Prosecutor Office of the country, violating an agreement between President Viktor Yanukovych and the opposition leaders, and without waiting for the president's signature under the law on the return to the 2004 version of the constitution. The next day, the Parliament adopted a resolution on the transfer of presidential powers to speaker Aleksandr Turchynov until the presidential elections scheduled on May 25.
Voice of Russia, RIA Novosti
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