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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has branded the election of Ukrainian leaders by the mob as lawlessness.

“Obviously, the people in southeastern Ukraine and Crimea are refusing
to accept the anarchy and actual lawlessness in the country where
ministers are elected by the mob on a square,” says a statement of
Yanukovych obtained by Interfax on Feb. 27.