Yanukovych blocked from taking plane to Russia, new president named

The Ukrainian Parliament has named Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov as its interim president Sunday after voting to dismiss Viktor Yanukovych from office. Turchynov told Parliament that it had until Tuesday to form a new unity government. "I want to make Ukraine a modern European country," he said. "If I can do that through the president's position, I will do my best." Parliament also voted to seize Yanukovych's luxury estate near Kiev, which protesters entered on Saturday, the BBC reported. Yanukovych, who has refused to resign, has abandoned his estate and was been blocked from taking a plane to Russia, RIA Novosti reported. Border Service spokesman Serhiy Astakhov said the plane did not have the documents required to cross the border. Yanukovych then got into an armored car and drove away. He has left Kiev for Kharkiv, where he is meeting with his supporters, presidential spokeswoman Anna German said. Former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has successfully left for Russia, law enforcement agencies told Interfax-Ukraine. Thousands of opposition supporters remain in Independence Square, and Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms party leader Vitali Klitschko is encouraging them to stay on the streets to oversee the exchange of power. Klitschko said he and other leaders would consider bringing charges against Yanukovych for the deaths of dozens of protesters who were killed in the past few months, the Kyiv Post reported.