Russia urges Ukrainian regime to 'return to legitimacy'
4 March 2014, 12:53
Russia will only engage in a dialog with the ruling Ukrainian regime if it 'returns to legitimacy,' Putin's senior advisor Sergei Glazyev has said.
'This regime is illegal, it is profoundly Russophobic. Some people in the Ukrainian government, who have seized power by force, are on terrorist lists. They are criminals,' Glazyev underscored.
'I cannot imagine us having any serious dialog with criminals, apart from talks that would bring them back into the legal framework, restore the rule of law and make Yatsenyuk, Klitschko, Tyagnibok and European ministers deliver on their promises [made in connection with the Feb. 21 agreements],' he said.
'If they return to the legal framework, we will consider holding talks with them to discuss the possibility of restoring legitimate power. If the regime remains illegal, the people of Ukraine will find a way to deal with it,' Glazyev added.
The advisor described Russia's recent moves on Ukraine as a necessary step needed to protect the interests of Russian citizens and, first and foremost, those of Ukrainians.
Voice of Russia, RIA
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