Ukraine’s Yanukovich goes on sick leave in midst of political crisis

By Richard Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich went on unwell depart on Thursday after a bruising session of parliament, leaving a political vacuum in a country threatened with chapter and destabilized through anti-government protests. The sixty three-yr-old president appears an increasing number of isolated in a main issue born of a tug-of-war between the West and Ukraine's former Soviet overlord Russia. Shortly after his place of business introduced he had developed a high temperature and acute respiratory illness, Yanukovich defended his file in handling the challenge and accused the opposition, which is worrying his resignation, of provoking the unrest. Several members of Yanukovich's personal birthday celebration voted in opposition to the bill, even after he visited parliament himself to rally give a boost to, and some of his highly effective industrialist backers are showing indicators of impatience with the 2-month-outdated main issue.