24 Apr 2014 18:16

Actions of Kyiv authorities in eastern Ukraine cast doubt on coming presidential elections

ST. PETERSBURG. April 24 (Interfax) - Actions of the Kyiv authorities in eastern Ukraine cast doubt on the coming presidential elections in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"Such situational development in Ukraine and such criminal actions of those, who are in Kyiv - even now they challenge a priori the legitimacy of the elections scheduled in May," Peskov told reporters in St. Petersburg on Thursday.