FINANCIAL TIMES: …Russia denounced Ukraine’s interim leaders as dictators on Monday and blasted the western governments that it said helped bring them to power, in a sign that the toppling of President Viktor Yanukovich is triggering a regional stand-off…
In the Crimean port city of Sevastopol, home of Russia’s Black Sea naval base, hundreds of pro-Russia protesters massed outside the city’s main administrative building on Monday for more than five hours until the city council agreed to allow Alexei Chaliy, a Russian businessman, to take over immediately as mayor.
Waving Russian flags and wearing the arm bands of Russian Block, Crimea’s leading pro-Russia political party, the crowd grew angry, shouting slogans such as “We won’t let a fascist in!” and “Russia! Russia!” … (more)
