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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych says that all the decisions taken by the Verkhovna Rada recently are unlawful and he won't sign them into law.

“The decisions they are now taking [in parliament] are unlawful. I
won’t sign anything,” he said in an interview with UBR TV Channel on
Saturday.

“These are not opposition-minded people, these are gangsters…
Lawmakers are beaten, stoned, intimidated at the parliament building’s
exit,” he said.