19:07
28.3.2014
Daisy Sindelar looks at the self-organized security patrols being organized by Crimean Tatars in the Crimean capital, Simferopol.
Here's a video (in Russian) of the patrols in action:
Here's a video (in Russian) of the patrols in action:
19:01
28.3.2014
In this week's "Power Vertical Podcast," Brian Whitmore and his guests discuss whether the "collective Putin" model has given way to good old-fashioned autocracy in Russia.
18:51
28.3.2014
18:29
28.3.2014
A little bit of historical symmetry? Today is the 160th anniversary of Britain and France officially opening hostilities with Russia, thereby entering the Crimean War:
On this day in 1854, The Crimean War began with Britain and France declaring war on Russia. pic.twitter.com/157L0WYbsm
— Historical Pics (@HistoricalPics) March 28, 2014
17:28
28.3.2014
Dissent in Putin's Russia:
16:00
28.3.2014
15:39
28.3.2014
So, if Russia cancels its basing agreements with Ukraine because it considers Crimea part of Russia, the presence of troops in Crimea is now illegal? Wasn't it already? And then there's the annexation of the region itself...
15:33
28.3.2014
14:44
28.3.2014
News agencies are reporting that families of the people who lost their lives during antigovernment protests in Kyiv will receive financial compensation.
The Ukrainian government on Friday approved a proposal from Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk that the family of each victim be given the equivalent of $10,000.
In additional, survivors, including children, will be given monthly payments of 5,000 hryvnyas ($440) as of April 1.
The payments will be given to the families of all victims of the violence, including both demonstrators and police.
According to the latest data, 104 people died in the three-month standoff that led to ouster of President of Viktor Yanukovych in late February.
In additional, survivors, including children, will be given monthly payments of 5,000 hryvnyas ($440) as of April 1.
The payments will be given to the families of all victims of the violence, including both demonstrators and police.
According to the latest data, 104 people died in the three-month standoff that led to ouster of President of Viktor Yanukovych in late February.
14:23
28.3.2014
Possibly not really relevent to anything at all.... From the Kyiv Post:
Watch the rock video here.
This is the non-rock version.
A rock version of Ukraine's national anthem popped up on YouTube on March 24. The video featuring musician and Kharkiv EuroMaidan activist Nikita Rubchenko got some 300,000 views in just the first three days.
A new version of the "Ukraine Has Not Yet Died" ("Shche ne vmerla Ukrayina"), Ukraine's national anthem, includes guitar sound and drum beats.
"It was made to support the country and Ukrainian citizens," Rubchenko wrote on his Facebook page.
A new version of the "Ukraine Has Not Yet Died" ("Shche ne vmerla Ukrayina"), Ukraine's national anthem, includes guitar sound and drum beats.
"It was made to support the country and Ukrainian citizens," Rubchenko wrote on his Facebook page.
Watch the rock video here.
This is the non-rock version.