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The New York Times: Ukraine’s interim leader seeks aid in Washington

Published March 12, 2014 at 10:11 am

Ukraine's interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk (L) attends an event on March 9 with acting President Oleksandr Turchynov (R) to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko in Kyiv.

Photo by Pavlo Podufalov

WASHINGTON — The interim prime minister of beleaguered Ukraine was to make the rounds here on Wednesday as he seeks help bolstering his fragile government and even more fragile economy while somehow reversing Russia’s occupation of the Crimean Peninsula.