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 Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has warned that administrations in the pro-European western parts of the country may end up being cut off from state budget. Azarov referred to the thousands of western Ukrainians who continue to flock to the capital Kyiv in order to join the ongoing massive anti-government rallies.

“I want to direct particular attention to those separate local communities in the west of the country, where some . . . regional governments have halted work to take part in the protests,” Azarov has said, as cited by The Financial Times.

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