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Ukraine's President returned to work Monday after four days of sick leave as neighbor Russia called on protesters who have tried to curb his powers to stop their "threats and ultimatums."

President Viktor Yanukovych, who went on sick leave last Thursday for "acute respiratory disease," is seeking a way out of a deepening political crisis that has paralyzed Kyiv, the capital. 

Thousands of anti-government demonstrators have packed Kyiv’s Independence Square since November, underscoring tensions in a country split between pro-European regions in the west and a more Russia-oriented east.

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