ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (Reuters) - Viktor Yanukovich urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to take a bolder line with Ukraine's new rulers who had ousted him, telling him on Friday that Russia could not remain indifferent to what had happened in the former Soviet republic.
Appearing in southern Russia where he has taken refuge since fleeing Ukraine on February 21, Yanukovich said: "I think that Russia should act and is obliged to act.
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