Ukraine government quits, Putin warns against meddling
Ukraine's
government resigned Tuesday and parliament scrapped anti-protest laws
in major concessions to the opposition as Russian President Vladimir
Putin warned against foreign meddling in the former Soviet state.
Riot
police stand guard opposite anti-government protesters in a park area
near a road block in Kiev on January 28, 2014 - by Aris Messinis
Giving
in to opposition pressure and protests that have spread far beyond
Kiev, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said he was quitting to
preserve the unity of the country.Azarov will be replaced in an interim capacity by deputy prime minister Sergiy Arbuzov, a fellow loyalist of President Viktor Yanukovych, while other ministers will stay on until a new cabinet is named.
It was not clear who would succeed Azarov as prime minister, although some analysts floated the idea that a pro-opposition tycoon, Petro Poroshenko, might step into the post.
World boxing champion and opposition leader Vitali Klitschko said the announcement of Azarov's and the government's resignation was "not victory but a step to victory".
Parliament also on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to repeal the same contentious anti-protest laws it had approved just two weeks ago, a move that had re-ignited the crisis.
The protests began in November as a drive for EU integration after Yanukovych under Russian pressure ditched a key deal with the bloc.
They have since snowballed into a wider movement against his rule, spreading into his heartland in the mostly Russian-speaking east.
Attending an EU-Russia summit in Brussels two months after the tug-of-war between the two blocs ignited the crisis, Putin warned his hosts against meddling.
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Ukraine's PM tenders resignation as anti-protest laws repealed
Mykola Azarov offers to go as parliament repeals anti-protest laws – but moves stop well short of opposition's demands
The Ukrainian prime
minister, Mykola Azarov, offerd to go in a spirit of 'social-political
compromise'. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters
The twin moves were significant concessions to the protesters who have occupied the capital's main square for two months and fought sporadically with police for the last 10 days. Yet key issues remain unresolved in Ukraine's political crisis, including the opposition's repeated demands for President Viktor Yanukovych to resign and a new election to be held.
"The conflict situation which has come about in the country is threatening the economic and social development of Ukraine, creating a threat to the whole of Ukrainian society and to each citizen," said Azarov, adding that he had personally asked Yanukovich to accept his resignation.
Under the constitution, the departure of the prime minister means the resignation of the entire government.
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