Ukraine Prime Minister Resigns as Parliament Scraps Anti-Protest Laws

KIEV, Ukraine — President Viktor Yanukovych conceded some ground to anti-government protesters on Tuesday, accepting the resignation of the country’s Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and Azarov’s cabinet

Azarov said he had decided to step down “for the sake of a peaceful settlement” to the current political turmoil in Ukraine.

In a statement posted to the government website Tuesday morning as lawmakers filed into Ukraine’s parliament, Azarov wrote that he had asked President Yanukovych to accept his resignation “in order to create additional possibilities for socio-political compromise [and] to deal with the conflict peacefully.” Read more...