法稱對俄製裁可能本週實施
Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych blamed his opponents Tuesday for Crimea's moves to break away from Ukraine and said he remains the country's president and commander-in-chief.
Mr. Yanukovych spoke from Rostov-on-Don, Russia in his second public appearance since he fled Kyiv last month following months of anti-government protests.
Denouncing Ukraine's interim authorities as "extremists," the ousted leader called the new government's planned May 25 elections "illegitimate" and "illegal."
He also had strong words for the United States and its offer of $1 billion in loan guarantees to the interim government, saying the U.S. government does not have the right to "give money to bandits."
Meanwhile, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told France Inter radio Tuesday the West could impose sanctions against Russia as early as this week if Moscow does not respond positively to proposals to calm the crisis in Crimea.
Russia and the West are locked in a tense standoff over pro-Russian forces' seizure of the Ukrainian peninsula. The crisis in Crimea began late last month after Mr. Yanukovych's ouster.被推翻的烏克蘭總統亞努科維奇星期二指責說，克里米亞脫離烏克蘭的舉動是那些反對他的人造成的。他說，他仍然是烏克蘭的總統與武裝部隊總司令。
亞努科維奇在俄羅斯的頓河畔羅斯托夫講了這番話。這是他逃離基輔以來的第二次公開露面。他在持續了幾個月的反政府抗議之後被趕下臺。
亞努科維奇指責烏克蘭臨時政府領導人是“極端分子”。他說，新政府計劃在5月25日舉行的選舉是非法的。
他還放重話批評美國以及美國對烏克蘭臨時政府提供的10億美元的貸款擔保。他說，美國政府無權“把錢給土匪”。
與此同時，法國外長法比尤斯星期二對法國國際廣播電臺說，如果莫斯科不對平息克里米亞危機的建議作出積極迴應，西方國家最早在這個星期就有可能對俄羅斯實施制裁。
親俄武裝控制了烏克蘭的克里米亞半島，俄羅斯和西方爲此陷入緊張對峙。克里米亞危機是上個月亞努科維奇被推翻後爆發的。
