Yulia Tymoshenko becomes the temporary president of Ukraine after parliament impeached Viktor Yanukovych and he tried to flee the country. Yulia Tymoshenko was the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament.
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Parliament previously voted to return to the 2004 constitution, which would weaken the powers of the presidency and restore more powers to parliament. It also voted to hold new elections on May 25th, according to CNN.
CBS News reports that Yanukovich, however, has maintained that parliament’s recent decisions are illegal.
The whereabouts of Yanukovich since he fled the Ukrainian capital were still not definitively known at the time of this writing.
Yulia Tymoshenko was held in custody by Yanukovych/Putin’s thugs.