EXTRA: Putin: Yanukovych is Only Legitimate President of Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin speaks about the situation in Ukraine during his meeting with journalists at the Novo-Ogaryovo presidential residence outside Moscow, Russia, 04 March 2014. -- photo: dpa
Moscow (MunichNOW NEWS / dpa) - Russian President Vladimir Putin says there is only one legitimate Ukrainian president and he is Viktor Yanukovych.
He tells a press conference that the acting president is not legitimate.
He describes what happened in Ukraine as “an unconstitutional overthrow and armed seizure of power.”
He acknowledges that people “wanted change” but that you “cannot impose illegal change. … You need to use constitutional means.”
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