11:40
22.3.2014
Latest from the wires:
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has denounced Russia's "attempt to splinter Europe" by staging a disputed independence referendum in the southern Ukrainian region of Crimea. Steinmeier was speaking to reporters in Kyiv after meeting with Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov.
11:42
22.3.2014
This just in rom RFE/RL's News Desk:
News agencies report that German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has denounced Russia's "attempt to splinter Europe" by staging a disputed independence referendum in the Ukrainian southern region of Crimea. Steinmeier spoke to reporters in Kyiv on Saturday after meeting Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov..
News agencies report that German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has denounced Russia's "attempt to splinter Europe" by staging a disputed independence referendum in the Ukrainian southern region of Crimea. Steinmeier spoke to reporters in Kyiv on Saturday after meeting Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov..
11:49
22.3.2014
Russian TV anchor Dmitry Kiselyov is miffed that he was included on EU sanctions list. Says "slapping sanctions on journalists is the lowest thing to do" and "a blatant attack on freedom of speech."
11:50
22.3.2014
Opposing sides in Crimean conflict come together for Simferopol funeral of two men killed #Crimea #Russia #Ukraine http://t.co/uksWvayxp2
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) March 22, 2014
11:51
22.3.2014
#Tymoshenko says '#Ukraine will take #Crimea back' as Russian invasion speeds #Putin's demise http://t.co/E0uy65xGAj pic.twitter.com/52fXfwOVah
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) March 22, 2014
11:53
22.3.2014
Putinist ideologue Dugin calling on ppl of southeastern Ukraine to take up arms: http://t.co/SrIP16WP5D
— Robert Coalson (@CoalsonR) March 22, 2014
11:57
22.3.2014
Video of US F-16's arriving in Poland to beef up defenses there https://t.co/BWUf1b23Vr
— bruce springnote (@BSpringnote) March 22, 2014
11:57
22.3.2014
Lenin Square in Donetsk today the site of a regular weekend pro-Russia rally. pic.twitter.com/VxdIftNjjt
— James Novogrod (@JamieNBCNews) March 22, 2014
12:00
22.3.2014
Vitali Klitschko says in addition to sanctions, U.S. and EU should isolate Russia economically.
12:08
22.3.2014
Member of Kremlin Human Rights Council says Yulia Tymoshenko could be prosecuted in Russia for "calling for the violation of Russia's territorial integrity.
Via Interfax:
Via Interfax:
MOSCOW. March 22 (Interfax) - Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader of the Ukrainian party Batkivshchyna and a former prime minister, might soon face up to five years in prison in accordance with the Russian Criminal Code for calling in the media for "returning Crimea to its proper place," says Alexander Brod, a member of the Russian Presidential Human Rights
Council and director of the Moscow Human Rights Bureau.
Yulia Tymoshenko said in a program on Ukrainian television that 'returning Crimea to its proper place' was the primary precondition for [Ukraine's] negotiations with Moscow. And this is a call for violating Russia's territorial integrity, and it's been made using the media," Brod said in a Saturday interview with Interfax.
Council and director of the Moscow Human Rights Bureau.
Yulia Tymoshenko said in a program on Ukrainian television that 'returning Crimea to its proper place' was the primary precondition for [Ukraine's] negotiations with Moscow. And this is a call for violating Russia's territorial integrity, and it's been made using the media," Brod said in a Saturday interview with Interfax.