Russia slams West's support for Ukraine opposition

Russia slams West's support for Ukraine opposition Russia slams West's support for Ukraine opposition - Yahoo News MUNICH (AP) -- Russia's foreign minister slammed Western support of Ukraine's opposition, suggesting Saturday that it is helping fuel the... More

Russia slams West's support for Ukraine opposition Russia slams West's support for Ukraine opposition - Yahoo News MUNICH (AP) -- Russia's foreign minister slammed Western support of Ukraine's opposition, suggesting Saturday that it is helping fuel the escalation of violence. Ukraine has faced two months of major protests that started after President Viktor Yanukovych backed off an agreement to deepen ties with the European Union in favor of relations with Moscow. The protests had been mostly peaceful until mid-January, when demonstrators angered by new antiprotest laws launched violent clashes with police. Three protesters died in the clashes, two of them from gunshot wounds. Police insist they didn't fire the fatal shots. At a gathering of the world's top diplomats and defense officials in Munich, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took issue with what he said were "prominent European politicians actually encouraging such actions." "What does incitement of increasingly violent st Less