Tag: Russian News

KYIV. Feb 26 (Interfax) – Ukraine will be ready to resume a full-fledged bilateral dialogue in the Ukrainian-Russian Interstate Commission’s institutions as soon as the new Ukrainian government is formed, says a report posted on the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry website on Tuesday. “We reaffirm our loyalty to Ukrainian-Russian relations on a brand new, truly equal and neighborly basis, which has […]

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Matthew Bodner – February 26, 2014) [Video here http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/riot-police-in-lviv-beg-peoples-forgiveness-on-bended-knee/495203.html] About 100 riot police officers in Lviv in western Ukraine got down on their knees on stage on Monday and asked the city’s residents to forgive them for their role in the attempts to suppress recent anti-government protests. The riot police, or Berkut, promised to take […]

(Business New Europe – bne.eu – Harriet Salem in Sevastopol – Feburary 26, 2014) Sixty years ago Sevastopol was part of Russia, and over the last few days this Crimean city perched on the edge of Black Sea has come to epitomise the angry divide between Ukraine’s pro-Europe west and pro-Russia south and east. The Crimean peninsula is the only […]

MOSCOW, February 25 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s top diplomat said Tuesday that Moscow will not interfere with affairs in Ukraine as the former Soviet nation scrambles to recover from the outcome of a street-based uprising that culminated in the overthrow of the president. The Kremlin has reacted with barely disguised anger to the ascent to power by political forces that […]

(RIA Novosti – Nabi Abdullaev – February 26, 2014) Nabi Abdullaev is the head of RIA Novosti’s Foreign-Language News Service. The views expressed in this column are the author’s alone. Since Ukraine exploded last week in a blaze of lethal violence and collapsed leadership, some ominous predictions have been circulating about Russia’s plans for its neighbor’s future. But military intervention […]

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Natalya Krainova – February 24, 2014)  Russian officials have warned that the political opposition that has taken power in Ukraine consists of “illegal extremist groups” that do not represent the majority of the Ukrainian people and called on opposition leaders to abide by an earlier reached agreement. In accordance with the European Union-mediated deal reached […]

KYIV. Feb 24 (Interfax) – The Crimean Council of Ministers is closely cooperating with the Ukrainian police, Security Council, and prosecutors in order to take urgent measures to prevent manifestations of extremism and anarchy, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea’s head of government Anatolii Mohyliov said on Sunday. “As the republic’s chief executive, I want to reassure you that the Crimean […]

MOSCOW. Feb 24 (Interfax) – Moscow on Monday urged the Ukrainians to bring back the situation in their country into “the legal framework” and “crack down on the extremists who are trying to get established in power.” “We earnestly call upon all those who are involved in the crisis in Ukraine to show the maximum sense of responsibility, to take […]

KIEV, February 24 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine said Monday that it has asked Western powers to provide at least $35 billion in urgent financial aid as it struggles to cope with a severe political and economic crisis. Interim finance minister Yuriy Kolobov said in a statement that Kiev has urged the United States and countries in the European Union to […]

Subject:  Ukraine: Pyrotechnics all over Date:     Sat, 22 Feb 2014 From:     Claudiu Secara <claudiu@algora.com> We all are trying to make sense of the events in Ukraine, but let me share some of my thoughts/impressions. 1. One has a feeling that there are a lot of farcical elements to the whole story. Something is not real, just like many of the […]

(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Robert Coalson – February 22, 2014) While lawmakers in Kyiv were adopting resolutions and making appointments with breakneck speed, including dismissing President Viktor Yanukovych, a rump group of local officials and lawmakers from the formerly ruling Party of Regions met in the eastern city of Kharkiv for a hastily assembled congress. The officials from all levels […]

LVIV, February 22 (Howard Amos, RIA Novosti) – As battles raged on the streets of Ukraine’s capital in the bloodiest week of a three month-long uprising, the city of Lviv was already installing a new order. Lviv, situated about 500 kilometers west of Kiev, has served as a crucible for the movement that looked Saturday to have chased President Viktor […]

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Igor Rozin, RBTH – February 21, 2014) Russia’s president, prime minister and foreign minister all spoke out against the violence in Kiev on Thursday and now wait for details of an accord intended to restore peace. An agreement between the Ukrainian government and opposition leaders has supposedly been reached, with a signing scheduled […]