NEW YORK TIMES: In a striking concession aimed at defusing the civil uprising that has gripped Ukraine, President Viktor F. Yanukovych on Saturday offered to install opposition leaders in top posts in a reshaped government, proposing one of them, Arseniy P. Yatsenyuk, as prime minister and another, the former boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, as vice prime minister for humanitarian affairs…
In a move that suggested that the offers were more than theatrics aimed at dividing the opposition, Mr. Yanukovych also said he would be willing to roll back constitutional changes made at his direction that had expanded the powers of the presidency. He also agreed to make changes to a package of new laws that broadly suppress political dissent, including freedoms of speech and assembly, which Mr. Yanukovych’s backers rammed through Parliament on Jan. 16.
The concessions were announced in a statement on the presidential website on Saturday after a negotiation session lasting more than three hours that was attended by all three of the opposition leaders. They came as protests continued to spread across the country, with efforts to occupy or blockade government buildings underway in at least a dozen cities besides Kiev.… (more)
EDITOR: It is very fortunate that Vladimir Putin’s hands are tied until after the Winter Olympics in Russia.
No one with a brain would sully themselves by working in this unmade gangster’s fake government.