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By Katya Golubkova 
  
 MOSCOW, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Viktor Yanukovich said on Thursday he was still president of Ukraine and warned its “illegitimate” rulers that people in the southeastern and southern regions would never accept mob rule. 
  
 In a statement sent to Russian news agencies from an unknown location, Yanukovich railed against the “extremists” who had stolen power in Ukraine, threatened violence against himself and his closest aides and passed “illegal” laws. 
  
 Almost a week after he was toppled by violent protests against widespread corruption in the former Soviet state, Yanukovich’s whereabouts are still unknown after he fled the Ukrainian capital Kiev. 
  
 The 63-year-old is now wanted in Ukraine on charges of mass murder over the police shooting of demonstrators, and Russian and Ukrainian media have speculated he may have travelled to Moscow, although that could not be confirmed. 
  
 Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said he had no information and could not comment on Yanukovich’s statement. 
  
 “I, Viktor Fedorovich Yanukovich appeal to the people of Ukraine. As before I still consider myself to be the lawful head of the Ukrainian state, chosen freely by the will of the Ukrainian people,” he was quoted as saying. 
  
 “Now it is becoming clear that the people in southeastern Ukraine and in Crimea do not accept the power vacuum and complete lawlessness in the country, when the heads of ministries are appointed by the mob.” 
  
 Armed men seized the regional government headquarters and parliament in Ukraine’s Crimea and raised the Russian flag, alarming Kiev’s new rulers, increasingly concerned by sabre-rattling in Moscow. 
  
 In a show of strength, Putin has ordered surprise military training in its central and western regions, the latter of which borders Ukraine, and on Thursday the Defence Ministry said it had put warplanes along its western borders on combat alert. 
  
 Military analysts in Russia said there was little danger of military action. 
  
 “The importance of the (naval) base in Crimea is absolutely incomparable to the colossal international damage that Russia would face in the case of military intervention,” said Defence analyst Alexander Golts. 
  
 WANTED MAN 
  
 Some said Yanukovich’s statement showed a man still more concerned with his own personal safety than that of his fellow countrymen. Ukrainian opposition leader Arseny Yatseniuk, proposed to head the new interim government, said Yanukovich was no longer president, rather a “wanted man”. 
  
 Yanukovich said much of Ukraine had been enveloped by an “orgy of extremism” and he and his closest aides had been threatened physically. 
  
 “I have to ask the Russian authorities to provide me with personal safety from the actions of extremists.” 
  
 Interfax news agency quoted a source in the authorities as saying Moscow would ensure Yanukovich’s safety on Russian territory. 
  
 “In connection with the appeal by president Yanukovich for his personal security to be guaranteed, I report that the request has been granted on the territory of the Russian Federation,” the source was quoted as saying. 
  
 Yanukovich also cast doubt on any of the new legislation being pushed through the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, saying many members of his party, the Party of the Regions, were too scared to turn up. 
  
 “The decisions being taken by parliament are illegal, they are being taken when many members of the Party of the Regions are absent, and people from other factions, who are scared for their security,” he said. 
  
 He pushed an argument supported by Russia that a short-lived agreement mediated by the European Union on Friday envisaging a power-sharing arrangement and a new presidential election by December still held. 
  
 “In this situation, I officially declare my determination to fight until the end for the honouring of the important compromise agreements to bring Ukraine out of its deep political crisis,” he said. ||||| KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's parliament has approved Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the country's new prime minister. 
  
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 Barricades in front of local government building with banner which reeds: 'Crimea Russia" in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. Ukraine put its police on high alert after dozens of... (Associated Press) 
  
 Ukrainian police officers guard street in front of a local government building in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. Ukraine put its police on high alert after dozens of armed pro-Russia... (Associated Press) 
  
 The Russian flag flies on a local government building in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. Ukraine's acting interior minister says Interior Ministry troops and police have been put... (Associated Press) 
  
 Ukrainian police officer guards street in front of a local government building in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. Ukraine put its police on high alert after dozens of armed pro-Russia... (Associated Press) 
  
 The vote was held Thursday amid the sharp rise in tensions in the southern Crime region, where gunmen seized local government buildings and raised a Russian flag. 
  
 The 39-year-old Yatsenyuk has previously served as the economy minister and foreign minister, and a speaker of parliament. 
  
 He was approved by 371 votes in the 450-member parliament. ||||| MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow on Wednesday granted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych protection "on the territory of Russia," shortly after the fugitive leader sought help from the Kremlin, according to an official quoted by Russian news agencies. 
  
 File- This Feb. 19, 2014, file photo shows Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych addressing the nation on a live TV broadcast in Kiev, Ukraine. The fugitive president said in a statement published by... (Associated Press) 
  
 Meanwhile, a respected Russian news organization reported that Yanukovych was seen in a Moscow hotel and was now staying in a Kremlin sanatorium just outside the city. 
  
 "I have to ask Russia to ensure my personal safety from extremists," Yanukovych said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies on Thursday. 
  
 Shortly after, the same three Russian news agencies quoted an unnamed Russian official saying that Yanukovych's request for protection "was satisfied on the territory of Russia." 
  
 Yanukovych, who fled from Ukraine's capital Kiev last week, said in the Thursday statement that he still considers himself to be the legitimate leader. 
  
 RBK reported Wednesday evening that Yanukovych was staying at the Barvikha sanatorium, which is run by the presidential administration's property department. The spokesman for this department, Viktor Khrekov, told The Associated Press on Thursday that he has no information about this. 
  
 The RBK report was impossible to confirm, but security at the Ukraina Hotel was unusually heavy late Wednesday, with police watching from parked vehicles outside and guards posted throughout the lobby. Some of Yanukovych's allies, also reported to have been at the hotel, may have still been there. 
  
 Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman also said he had no information about Yanukovych's reported arrival in Moscow. 
  
 RBK said the information came from one of Russia's wealthiest businessmen and was confirmed by a government official, neither of whom was identified. The article was under the byline of respected journalists, including RBK's editor in chief Elizaveta Osetinskaya, who has high-level contacts in Russian business circles. |||||
Output:
Where in the world is Viktor Yanukovich? In Russia, if what the AP describes as a "respected Russian news organization" is to be believed. AP reports by way of RBK that the ousted leader is holed up just outside Moscow in the Barvikha sanatorium, which is run by the presidential administration's property department—and that he still believes himself to be president. In a statement sent to Russian news agencies today, Reuters reports that he wrote, "As before I still consider myself to be the lawful head of the Ukrainian state, chosen freely by the will of the Ukrainian people." "I have to ask Russia to ensure my personal safety from extremists," Yanukovych added. It was followed shortly thereafter by this quote from an unnamed Russian official: Yanukovich's request for protection "was satisfied on the territory of Russia." A rep for Vladimir Putin denied any knowledge of Yanukovich's whereabouts. In the statement, Yanukovich added that "the decisions being taken by parliament are illegal, they are being taken when many members of the Party of the Regions are absent"—no word on whether the body's latest decision is included in that: Arseniy Yatsenyuk has been approved as new prime minister; the AP notes he was approved by 371 votes in the 450-member parliament.