M.K.Bhadrakumar

Indian Punchline

4th March, 2014

Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference earlier today in Moscow that anyone who thinks of imposing sanctions against his country should think about their consequences. He said, “I think in today’s world, where everything is interconnected and everyone is dependent on one another in this way or another, we can, of course, inflict damage on one another, but his damage will be mutual. They should think about that, too.” Putin was addressing US president Barack Obama without saying so.

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Thierry Meyssan

Voltairenet

3rd March, 2014

The Ukrainian government installed by the coup has been recognized by the Western powers. It includes several members of explicitly Nazi organizations, including two leaders who have distinguished themselves by fabricating false images of violence and torture aimed to convince Western public opinion of the cruelty of the democratically elected president, Viktor Yanukovych. The Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine openly acknowledges his ties with Al-Qaeda.

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Voltairenet

4th March, 2014

The Prosecutor General of Russia has opened an investigation into public calls for terrorism inside Russia posted ​​by Dmytro Yarosh on his website.

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M.K.Bhadrakumar

Indian Punchline

3rd March, 2014

How far the blunt  and threatening posture US secretary of state John Kerry took in his interview with the CBS News toward Moscow — and President Vladimir Putin in person — over the Ukraine situation was genuine and how far it was intended to meet the domestic criticism of the Barack Obama administration being ‘weak’ in its foreign policies doesn’t really matter. What matters is that Kerry demanded virtual capitulation by Russia under the shadow of US retribution and that’s being plain dishonest and unrealistic.

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Andre Boyer

27th February, 2014

La cinquième élection présidentielle ukrainienne de 2010 s’est déroulée en janvier 2010 selon  un scrutin uninominal majoritaire à deux tours. Elle permet, comme en France, d’élire un président de la République pour un mandat de cinq ans.

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Voice of Russia

3rd March, 2014

The British Broadcasting Corporation – BBC – said the radical association The Right Sector was the organizer of the most vehement protest rallies in Ukraine. On Saturday, March 1st, it posted a video report from the center of Kiev, where the streets are being patrolled by the militants in the military uniform with the SS symbols, on its website.

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RT

1st March, 2014

The efforts of radical forces and the self-imposed government in Kiev to forcefully overthrow local authorities in the East are unacceptable and endanger the lives of Ukrainians and Russians, Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin told the Security Council.

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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who met with the head of the IMF in Washington on Friday, echoed Lagarde’s sentiment.

There was currently little evidence to support “the numbers which are being circulated [in the media],” Steinmeier said.

Steinmeier further called on Russia to help the Ukrainian economy, which recently decided to freeze the multi-billion dollar loans package to Kyiv.

“The stabilization of Ukraine can only succeed if we bring as many partners as possible to the table,” the German foreign minister said.

After having dug a deep hole for themselves the Germans are engaging in the task of getting out of it. Russia hold all the cards and they have no choice but to recognize this reality.

While IMF urges calm over Ukraine economy, three countries freeze suspicious Ukrainian assets

Deutsche Welle

28th February

IMF chief Christine Lagarde has dismissed panic over Ukraine’s economy as premature. Her call for calm came as Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein said they were freezing assets held by roughly 20 Ukrainians.

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Orlando Sentinel

1st March, 2014

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The pro-Russia authorities in Ukraine’s Crimea region and Russia’s Black Sea fleet have agreed to guard buildings on the Black Sea peninsula together, Russia’s RIA news agency quoted the fleet’s press service as saying.

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