Russian Communist Party claims "hand of Western political strategists" in Ukrainian unrest
MOSCOW. Dec 2 (Interfax) - The Russian Communist Party Central Committee Presidium has urged Ukrainian political forces to have a civilized discussion of pressing problems.
"Manipulations of the public conscience contradicting the interests of the absolute majority of citizens of the country must not be allowed. The entire people rather than those who have shamelessly arrogated a right to speak on their behalf should decide the future of Ukraine," says a statement of Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov published on Monday.
The Communist Party called on Ukrainians not to yield to provocations of the extremists.
"A number of facts clearly demonstrate the hand of Western political strategists in the organization of the unrest," the statement runs.
In the opinion of the Communist Party Central Committee Presidium, "the current events have nothing to do with a people's revolution." "Ukraine is witnessing a new outbreak of the "Orange leprosy"," it said.