19 Feb 2014 10:52

U.S. signals support to Ukrainian extremists - Pushkov

MOSCOW. Feb 19 (Interfax) - The United States demonstrates support for extremist forces in Ukraine, State Duma's International Affairs Committee Chairman Alexei Pushkov said.

"Biden has called on Yanukovych, but not the radicals, for 'maximum restraint'! That is how extremists once again received a signal of support from the U.S.," Pushkov wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.

It was reported that in his telephone conversation with Viktor Yanukovych U.S. Vice President Joe Biden demanded that the Ukrainian president remove riot police from the streets of the Ukrainian capital, the White House said.

The death toll from Kyiv riots has soared to 25, including nine policemen.