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| Subject | Russian | English |
| Makarov. | вице-президент должен теперь принять верховную власть | the vice-president must now take on the mantle of supreme power |
| gen. | власти на местах примут необходимые меры | the local authorities will take the necessary steps |
| gen. | принять власть | assume power (The raid in Simferopol, Crimea’s capital, raises the stakes in an east-west struggle over Ukraine as fears mount that separatists could prevail in the largely pro-Russian peninsula after a pro-western leadership assumed power in Kiev following last week’s toppling of Mr Yanukovich. 4uzhoj) |
| dipl. | принять на себя верховную власть в стране | assume supreme authority over the country |