Ukraine’s acting prime minister on April 11 abandoned threats to forcibly evict pro-Russian demonstrators from government buildings, and assured political and business leaders in the country’s rebellious east that they will get more power to run their own affairs. But the pledge by Arseniy P. Yatsenyuk, the head of a new central government in Kiev installed after the Feb. 21 flight of President Viktor F. Yanukovych, drew a dismissive response from protesters as a deadline set by the government to relinquish the occupied regional administration building here passed with no sign of an end to a volatile standoff, which began April 6 when protesters seized the building and declared the establishment of a People’s Republic of Donetsk.
New York Times: Pro-Russia Ukrainians are promised more power, but remain dubious
Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on April 11 abandoned threats to forcibly evict pro-Russian demonstrators from government buildings.
