?I am still alive and I am still the legitimate president,? Yanukovich said Tuesday in a statement to the media in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.
He criticized Washington for its decision to provide a $1 billion loan to the new authorities in Kiev, saying that US law forbids financial support for any government that came to power in a military coup, ousting a legitimately elected head of state. Yanokovich said he would appeal to American legislators to assess the perceived violation.