The official said Friday that deeper trade ties and other commercial projects with Russia could also be canceled.
President Barack Obama says there will be costs for any Russian military moves in Ukraine. In a brief statement to reporters at the White House, he said any violation of Ukrainian sovereignty by Russia would be deeply destabilizing.
He said the United States is deeply concerned by reports of Russian military movements in Crimea and that the Ukrainian people deserve the opportunity to determine their own future.
Ukraine's United Nations ambassador, Yuriy Sergeyev, told an emergency Security Council meeting that Russian attack helicopters and military transport planes have crossed into Crimea.
He described the main airport as being "captured" by Russian forces. Sergeyev said he wants moral and political support from the world community and that what is going on in his country is "awful."
- The U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Samantha Power, said the United States is calling for an urgent international mediation mission for Crimea.
- Russian ambassador (U.N.) Vitaly Churkin says his country is against what he calls externally imposed mediation.
- When asked whether Russia has invaded Ukraine, he said Russia is acting within the framework of a treaty with Ukraine that allows the Russian Black Sea fleet to have a base in Crimea.
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Moscow opposes externally imposed mediation in Crimea – Russia's UN envoy...
ReplyDeleteRussia’s Permanent Representative at the UN, Vitaly Churkin, said after an informal meeting of the Security Council that Russia is against an imposed mediation internded to settle the situation in the Crimea.
Earlier, US Permanent Representative at the UN, Samantha Power, told journalists that Washington suggested an intermediary mission to as a solution to growing problems around the Crimea.
This should be contemplated and scrutinized, Churkin said. The Crimean authorities should be asked what they think of such a mission. In any case, we are against an imposed mediation, Churkin stressed.
When answering journalists’ questions about the presence of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in the Crimea, Churkin said that Russia operates in the Crimea according to an agreement on the deployment of the Black Sea Fleet that was signed with Ukraine.
Russia's UN envoy also pointed to the agreement of 21 February as the key to resolving the Ukraine crisis.
“The best way to resolve the crisis is to look hard” at the agreement signed one week ago, said Vitaly Churkin, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, in a news conference following the emergency security council meeting.
When asked about Russia’s willingness to intervene militarily, Churkin laughed.
“Really, even the question is aggravating!” he said................http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_01/Moscow-is-against-externally-imposed-mediation-in-Ukraines-Crimea-Russias-UN-envoy-2669/
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Russian transport authority disclaims information on Crimea’s blocked air space...
ReplyDelete"I have learned about the blocked air space from the media", deputy minister admitted.
Russia’s ministry of transport has not received official notifications about blocked air space above Crimea.
“I, like you, have learned the information about the blocked air space (from the media),” deputy minister Valery Okulov said on the margins of the economic forum.
Minister of transport Maxim Sokolov is also unaware of any notifications about the blocked air space.
“No,” was his short answer to a question from Itar-Tass whether the ministry had received any notifications of the kind.
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/721552?utm_medium=rss20
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Rogozin: Russian-Ukrainian industrial group suspended until Ukraine forms new government...
ReplyDeleteEarlier, Rogozin planned to hold the group’s meeting on February 20.
The Russian-Ukrainian industrial group has suspended its activity until a new government has been formed in Ukraine, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said in his microblog in Twitter.
“The operation of the Russian-Ukrainian high level industrial group has been paused until a legitimate government is formed in Kiev,” Rogozin said.
Earlier, Rogozin planned to hold the group’s meeting on February 20. In the wake of the latest developments in Ukraine the visit was postponed indefinitely.
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Those measures “will not have political reasons,” he added.
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..........."По-видимому, с такой оплатой за газ и исполнением своих обязательств Украина может не сохранить действующую сейчас скидку на газ. Договоренности о скидке предусматривали полную и своевременную оплату поставок", — заявил Куприянов......http://ria.ru/economy/20140301/997646692.html#ixzz2uhFhY8H4
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Russia will not disregard Crimean PM's request for help - Kremlin...
ReplyDeleteRussia will not disregard Crimean Prime Minister Sergey Aksenov's request addressed to President Vladimir Putin on providing assistance in maintaining peace and accord in Crimea, a Kremlin source told Interfax.
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