Posted on 04/11/2014 9:32:51 AM PDT by tcrlaf
Just after a deadline set by Kiev for protesters in eastern Ukraine to vacate seized buildings expired, Parliament-appointed PM Arseny Yatsenyuk pledged to push through a law allowing regional referendums in the country.
Holding referendums on the status of their respective regions was among the main demands posed by anti-Maidan activists, who have taken over a number of governmental buildings in eastern Ukraine this week.
Ukrainian law currently does not allow regions to hold referendums separately from the rest of the country. It was one of the main arguments Kiev voiced in declaring illegal last month’s referendum in Crimea, which ended with the peninsula’s seceding from Ukraine and joining Russia.
Speaking in Donetsk, one of the regions engulfed by the anti-Kiev protests, Yatsenyuk said his government wants greater autonomy for Ukrainian regions, including the abolition of the offices of capital-appointed governors.
He was speaking just as a 48-hour deadline, which Kiev gave to protesters to liberate the seized buildings, expired. Previously the central authorities threatened to use force, including that of the military and even threatened their opponents as terrorists, unless they withdrew from the buildings.
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~http://www.echo.msk.ru/
msk.ru is 66% owned by Gazprom. A majority of Gazprom is owned by the Russian government.~
msk.ru is a huge web host.
echo.msk.ru is an online version of “Echo Moskvy” - both anti-government and anti-Russian in general liberal FM radio station.
Tvrain was disconnected by the largest cable providers in Russia in January for saying things that Putin didn’t like.~
True, still available online and on some networks though.
Pravda is currently owned by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.~
Communists are major critics and opponents of current Russian government.
Where did you get the notion that 328 votes were enough for Presidential impeachment?
Which western media outlet duped you into believing that was true?
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