Kyiv is about to rise again. @poroshenko have to show he is serious about fighting corruption. pic.twitter.com/dOYIemHSkx
— Anders Östlund (@andersostlund) October 14, 2014
Here are some details from the Crimean Desk of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service about reports that one of two missing Crimean Tatar men has been found dead:
Media reports in Crimea say the body of one of two missing Crimean Tatars was found in the annexed region's capital, Simferopol, on October 14.
Reports cite the Kryminform website as reporting that Belyal Belyalov, who was university student, died after smoking an unspecified substance.
According to the Moscow-backed Kryminform, the second missing young Crimean Tatar, Artyom Dayrabekov, who also reportedly smoked the substance, was saved by doctors.
Dayrabekov's relatives, who had reported the two young men's disappearance, refused to comment on Kryminform's report.
Crimea's pro-Russia Interior Ministry also refused to comment on the situation.
Crimean Tatar Edem Asanov, 25, was also found dead last week after being reported missing.
Most Crimean Tatars -- a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority native to Crimea -- opposed Russia's annexation of the peninsula.
Reports coming in on social media now that one of the missing Crimean Tatars has been found dead:
One of two missing Crimean Tatars, Belyal Bilyalov, has been found dead. The other is in critical condition. #Crimea http://t.co/uvjPeymoj5
— Devin Ackles (@EasternEnsemble) October 14, 2014
Here's an update from RFE/RL's news desk:
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the "main tragedy" of the Ukraine crisis is the "estrangement of the Ukrainian and Russian people".
Putin spoke about Ukraine at a Kremlin meeting of his advisory council on human rights and civil society on October 14.
He said that "the main tragedy unfolding before our eyes is the estrangement of the Ukrainian and Russian people."
Putin said that "it is necessary to seek a way to overcome this situation."
Many Ukrainians blame Russia and Putin himself for the crisis and the animosity it has generated.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March. Kyiv and the West also accuse Moscow of sending troops and arms into eastern Ukraine to help pro-Russian separatists fighting government forces in a conflict that has killed more than 3,660 people.
Russia denies any involvement.
Fighting has lessened since a September 5 cease-fire, but more than 330 people have been killed during the truce.
(Interfax)
#MH17 ´families of the 298 victims face a complex and lengthy journey towards compensation.´ And justice. Good read: http://t.co/aRXVYIUygM
— Jeroen Akkermans (@JeroenAkkermans) October 14, 2014
Here are some images from today's demonstration outside parliament:
Protest Erupts Outside Ukrainian Parliament
Our Ukrainian Service says the protests have closed parliament:
Demonstrators clashed with police outside the Ukrainian parliament during a raucous protest that prompted the legislature to go into recess.
Some of the protesters tried to push past police and enter parliament during the demonstration on October 14.
The protesters were demanding the Verkhovna Rada include on its agenda a draft law recognizing controversial World War II-era guerrilla resistance groups -- the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) -- as national heroes.
Ukrainian news agency UNIAN reported some of the protesters were armed with sticks or clubs and fireworks were thrown at the parliament building and at police who were present in large numbers.
Some of the protesters were reportedly from the nationalist Svoboda party but party leader Oleh Tyahnybok denied Svoboda was involved.
Another nationalist group, Right Sector, posted a message on Twitter denying its members were involved. (with UNIAN and AP)