.@OSCE_RFoM calls on all parties in #Ukraine conflict to respect media freedom, refrain from violence against media http://t.co/ORSuSW1b9V
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) June 30, 2014
This item from RFE/RL's news desk suggests there could be rumblings of a trade war between Russia and the EU as relations become increasingly strained over Ukraine:
The European Union is asking the World Trade Organization (WTO) to rule on a ban imposed by Moscow on EU imports of pork into Russia.
The European Commission wrote in a statement on June 30 that it is seeking a WTO ruling because "extensive bilateral discussions over the last months with Moscow have not brought any results."
Russia closed its market to live pigs and pork products in January, after four cases of African swine fever were detected in wild boars on the Lithuanian and Polish borders with Belarus.
Brussels says the move is unjustified and a breach of Russia's WTO commitments.
Russia accounts for almost 25 percent of EU pork exports.
The trade spat comes as relations between Russia and the West have plummeted over the crisis in Ukraine.
Russia protests over shooting of cameraman in Ukraine, Kyiv govt responds: it's hard to tell apart journos & rebels http://t.co/Ru6Qwfpcfb
— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) June 30, 2014
Ukrainians crowdfund to raise cash for 'people's drone' to help outgunned army http://t.co/zEkOFB3NS8
— The Guardian (@guardian) June 30, 2014
Western #Ukraine decides to boycott #Russian goods http://t.co/2KOiEVWn6k #IvanoFrankivsk
— Kyiv Post (@KyivPost) June 30, 2014
From our news desk:
Moscow says the killing of a Russian TV cameraman in eastern Ukraine just before a cease-fire is due to expire shows Kyiv does not want to de-escalate the conflict.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said the shooting of cameraman Anatoly Klyan on June 30 shows Kyiv is undermining the current cease-fire before it ends at 2100 Prague time.
Klyan, 68, was shot while filming near a pro-Kyiv military unit in the Donetsk region.
The origin of the gunfire that killed Klyan is unclear.
He is the third Russian journalist to die in the conflict and the fifth journalist overall.
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are expected to phone the presidents of Ukraine and Russia on June 30 to support extending the cease-fire.
They also phoned Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko and Russia's Vladimir Putin on June 29.
Here is the harrowing video showing the moments after cameraman Anatoly Klyan was shot in the stomach.
