You want to know what President Putin said on august 14th in Yalta, Crimea? Here you are (Kremlin translation) http://t.co/BMQx5fQrlp
— Daniel Sandford (@BBCDanielS) August 18, 2014
ITAR-TASS (and now Interfax) quote "Donetsk People's Republic" militants saying that a blackout caused by fighting between Ukrainian troops and separatists has trapped "about 30" miners underground at the Komsomolets-Donbassa mine.
Missed this earlier:
Here's what that's all about, courtesy of ITAR-TASS:
Russian lawmakers consider stripping country's rock star Andrei Makarevich of all state awards for his last week's performance in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbass, which was organized by a pro-Kiev foundation.
The initiative to deprive the 60-year-old singer of the state awards and to introduce a draft law on stripping "of state wards people, who turned into traitors of their Fatherland," was proposed by Yevgeny Fyodorov, a lawmaker with the ruling United Russia political party.
From AP:
Russian army helicopters have landed in northern China to take part in multinational anti-terrorism drills, underscoring continuing close ties between Beijing and Moscow despite tensions with the West over Ukraine.