 He was dismissed the following day by a rump Verkhovna Rada, the legislature elected in 2012, and the Government he dismissed was replaced by a non-elected, illegal "Government", contrary to the Constitution.In the absence of a president, the newly appointed Speaker of the legislature, Oleksandr Turchynov, became acting President with limited powers.Russia labeled events as a "coup d'état" and later began referring to the government in Kyiv as a "junta," because armed extremists were involved in running the country and the legislature elected in 2012 was not still in charge.