Posted by seumasach on March 14, 2014
13th March, 2014
While the Crimean Tatars had denounced the holding of a referendum on self-determination as unconstitutional and had called for the creation of self-defense militias, their chief leader, Mustafa Dzhamilev, going back on his previous statements, expressed his satisfaction with the way things are evolving.
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Posted by seumasach on March 13, 2014
13th March, 2014
Former chief of Ukraine’s Security Service has confirmed allegations that snipers who killed dozens of people during the violent unrest in Kiev operated from a building controlled by the opposition on Maidan square.
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Posted by seumasach on March 13, 2014
“We need to increase trade volume conducted in national currencies. Why, in relation to China, India, Turkey and other countries, should we be negotiating in dollars? Why should we do that? We should sign deals in national currencies- this applies to energy, oil, gas, and everything else,” Aleksey Ulyukaev, the Minister of Economic Development said in an interview with the Vesti 24 TV channel.Moscow won’t exclude sanctions to counter US and EU – Ministry
13th March, 2014
Russia is ready to retaliate with counter sanctions against the EU and US if they go ahead with economic measures against Russia over tension in Crimea, the Russian Economic Ministry has said.
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Posted by seumasach on March 13, 2014
M.K.Bhadrakumar
13th March, 2014
When a Russia scholar of great repute, Stephen Cohen of New York University, says that the United States is two steps from the Cuban Missile Crisis and three steps from a war with Russia for the first time, things appear grim. Cohen insists, “We need to get a negotiation going on…” (Excerpts)
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Posted by seumasach on March 13, 2014
Significant opposition is beginning to emerge to the madness of the European leadership over Ukraine. This can only increase as the reality of what has happened there becomes clearer.
12th March, 2014
The deputy leader of Germany’s left-wing Die Linke party has called on Western powers to accept the results of an “illegal” referendum due to take place in Crimea on Sunday.
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Posted by seumasach on March 12, 2014
12th March, 2014
The new government in Ukraine is violating human rights and oppressing national minorities, a Poland-based NGO said, adding that the actions of the Maidan leaders would be considered illegal in most EU states.
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Posted by seumasach on March 12, 2014
A public statement was made by the former head of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus. He called the actions of Vladimir Putin “rational.” Vaclav Klaus believes that the U.S. and the European Union provoked the current tragic situation in Ukraine. “People in Ukraine do not deserve the games being played with their country. This reminds me of Yugoslavia 20 years ago,” Klaus told reporters in the Czech city of Brno, commenting on the Ukrainian crisis. He said that a tragic bloody conflict was provoked in Yugoslavia from outside. He added that he was afraid that something similar was starting in Ukraine.
Czech Republic’s awkward position over Crimea
12th March, 2014
The longer the European politicians think about the events in Ukraine, the more they begin to support the president of Russia. The Czech president said that the events in Crimea could have been much less dramatic if it had not been for the “Kosovo precedent.” Czech Republic’s ruling party does not approve anti-Russian sentiments in the country and is collecting signatures against the Maidan.
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Posted by seumasach on March 12, 2014
12th March, 2014
RUSSIA: Moscow is preparing a bill that would freeze the assets of European and American companies operating in Russia in response to potential Western sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine’s Republic of Crimea.
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Posted by seumasach on March 12, 2014
The opening paragraph could be paraphrased as follows: Ukraine’s acting president said on Tuesday the country would not use its army to stop Crimea from seceding, the latest sign that the Ukrainian army isn’t taking orders from the illegal government in Kiev
12th March, 2014
Ukraine’s acting president said on Tuesday the country would not use its army to stop Crimea from seceding, the latest sign that a Russian annexation of the strategic peninsula may be imminent.
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Posted by seumasach on March 11, 2014
11th March, 2014
The Russian center-left has sent foreign allies a memorandum blaming the Ukrainian opposition for an anti-constitutional coup, and warning the European stance towards the Ukrainian extreme right can only aggravate the situation.
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Posted by seumasach on March 11, 2014
6th March, 2014
New Delhi, March 6: India has said Russia holds “legitimate interests” in Ukraine, becoming the first major nation appearing to publicly lean towards Moscow at a time it is largely isolated internationally over its military intervention in the Crimean Peninsula.
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