24 March 2014
Ukraine's Viktor Yanukovych
<p><span>With opposition lawmakers now calling the shots, Ukraine’s parliament spent February 23 steamrolling through a litany of key appointments — including an interim president to replace ousted leader Viktor Yanukovych.</span></p><p>Deputies elected Oleksandr Turchynov, a close ally of newly freed Yulia Tymoshenko and, since yesterday, parliamentary speaker, to fill the presidential post until early elections are held on May 25.</p><p>The vote, however, is unlikely to silence questions from the Yanukovych camp about whether his removal from power was legal.</p><p>Yanukovych has taken several steps that appear to undermine his own faith in his presidential legitimacy — among them, abandoning his office and recording an official statement of resignation.</p>
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