Russia Calls U.S. Aid to Ukraine Illegal Amid Standoff
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Russia stood by deposed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and called possible U.S. aid to the new government in Kiev illegal, as the standoff with Western governments over Crimea intensified.
Financial support sought by the U.S. for Ukraine’s interim leadership would violate American law barring aid to any regime that uses force to take power, the Russian Foreign Ministry said yesterday in a statement. Russia considers the ouster of Moscow-backed Yanukovych a coup, an assertion rejected by the U.S.