16:08
25.3.2014
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports that Right Sector is calling for the immediate resignation of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov following the shooting death of one its leading members, Oleksandr Muzychka (Sashko Biliy).
Right Sector head Dmytro Yarosh: "We cannot watch silently the actively counterrevolutionary activities of Ukraine's Interior Ministry. We demand the immediate resignation of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, and are demanding the arrest of the commander of the Falcon organized-crime unit and, accordingly, those guilty of murder."
Interior Ministry officials say Muzychko was mortally wounded after he opened fire on police.
Right Sector head Dmytro Yarosh: "We cannot watch silently the actively counterrevolutionary activities of Ukraine's Interior Ministry. We demand the immediate resignation of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, and are demanding the arrest of the commander of the Falcon organized-crime unit and, accordingly, those guilty of murder."
Interior Ministry officials say Muzychko was mortally wounded after he opened fire on police.
16:24
25.3.2014
Current list of candidates for Ukraine's May 25 presidential elections growing and growing:
-- Ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko
-- UDAR head Vitali Klitschko
-- Right Sector's Dmytro Yarosh
-- former Kharkiv governor Mykhaylo Dobkin
-- billionaire Serhiy Tihipko
-- Radical Party head Oleh Lyashko
-- "Chocolate King" Petro Poroshenko
-- Communist Party leader Petro Simonenko
-- Vadym Rabynovych, president of All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress
It may be, however, that Tihipko may be the only candidate who's had his own cover on Men's Health.
-- Ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko
-- UDAR head Vitali Klitschko
-- Right Sector's Dmytro Yarosh
-- former Kharkiv governor Mykhaylo Dobkin
-- billionaire Serhiy Tihipko
-- Radical Party head Oleh Lyashko
-- "Chocolate King" Petro Poroshenko
-- Communist Party leader Petro Simonenko
-- Vadym Rabynovych, president of All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress
It may be, however, that Tihipko may be the only candidate who's had his own cover on Men's Health.
16:32
25.3.2014
Meanwhile in Moscow, Vladimir #Putin reacts to international sanctions against #Russia: pic.twitter.com/rWSXfwrSf5
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) March 25, 2014
16:39
25.3.2014
When the Soviet Union collapsed, Russians were more than 5% of every former republic except Armenia.
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) March 25, 2014
16:45
25.3.2014
Obama speaking in The Hague:
When the Soviet Union collapsed, Russians were more than 5% of every former republic except Armenia.
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) March 25, 2014
Obama: "We haven't gone to war with Russia...but Russia is more isolated than during most of the 20th cent when it was part of Soviet Union"
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) March 25, 2014
16:49
25.3.2014
Obama saying "Russia is more isolated than during most of the 20th century when it was part of the Soviet Union" is total nonsense.
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) March 25, 2014
16:50
25.3.2014
From our news desk on Obama's speech in The Hague.
U.S. President Barack Obama has indicated that the United States and its allies will not back down in pressuring Russia over the annexation of Crimea.
Obama said the United States is concerned about the massing of Russian troops along Ukraine's border but he added Russia seems to be "making a series of calculations" as the Kremlin takes note of international opposition to Russian moves in Crimea.
Obama called Russia a "regional power" that is threatening a neighbor out of weakness not strength, noting if Russia had substantial influence in Ukraine it would not have needed to send troops there to enforce its policies.
Obama conceded however that Russia has military control over Crimea but reiterated the U.S. and its allies are "not recognizing what is happening in Crimea."
Obama said the United States is concerned about the massing of Russian troops along Ukraine's border but he added Russia seems to be "making a series of calculations" as the Kremlin takes note of international opposition to Russian moves in Crimea.
Obama called Russia a "regional power" that is threatening a neighbor out of weakness not strength, noting if Russia had substantial influence in Ukraine it would not have needed to send troops there to enforce its policies.
Obama conceded however that Russia has military control over Crimea but reiterated the U.S. and its allies are "not recognizing what is happening in Crimea."
16:51
25.3.2014
17:18
25.3.2014
A longer wrap from our news desk on Obama's speech in The Hague.
Key points:
-- Allies won't back down
-- Concern at massing of Russian troops along Ukraine's borders
-- Obama conceded Russia has military control of Crimea
Key points:
-- Allies won't back down
-- Concern at massing of Russian troops along Ukraine's borders
-- Obama conceded Russia has military control of Crimea
17:24
25.3.2014
And here is video from Reuters of Obama speaking in The Hague.