Arrest warrant issued for Ukraine’s ex-president

USA TODAY: With questions lingering over the direction of the Ukraine even as it starts rebuilding its government, the nation’s acting interior minister on Monday issued an arrest warrant for former President Viktor Yanukovych, last seen in the pro-Russian Black Sea peninsula of Crimea.

In a statement on his official Facebook page, Arsen Avakhov says Yanukovych arrived in Crimea on Sunday and relinquished his official security detail then drove off to an unknown location.

He says a warrant is out for Yanukovych and several other officials, suspected in mass killings of civilians. A murder case has been opened against the former leader… (more)

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