Blog: Does the 1994 'Budapest Memorandum' obligate the US to intervene in Ukraine?
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Putin submitted to the Federation Council appeal to use the armed forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine to the normalization of the situation in the country - the Kremlin. RT.
Russia's parliament calls early elections in Ukraine set for May 25 'Illegitimate', will not recognize them - http://ria.ru/world/20140301/997674647.html?utm_source=tw1#ixzz2uiJEFatw …
Moscow Times reporter Ivan Nechepurenko speaks to FRANCE 24 .
Urgent! Federation Council of Russia allows entry of Russian troops in the Crimea!
Federation Council is subject to input a limited contingent of Russian troops in the Crimea for the security of the Black Sea Fleet, and there are Russians.
This statement was made on Saturday, speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament, Valentina Matvienko.
"Perhaps in this situation, going to a government request Crimea even enter our limited contingent in order to ensure the safety of the Black Sea Fleet and Russian citizens residing in the territory of Crimea. Solution, of course wives, the president of our country, for the supreme commander. But Today, given the situation, even this option can not be ruled out. We must protect the people, "- said Matvienko.
Editor in chief of National Defense, Director of the Center for Analysis of World Arms Trade Moscow · I-korotchenko.livejournal.com :
Russian Duma calls on Putin to use all means necessary to protect the Crimean population from "tyranny and violence." http://m.gazeta.ru/politics/news/2014/03/01/n_5984249.shtml
Ukrtelekom says Internet, phone connections cut between Crimea and rest of Ukraine
Update: "Ukrtelecom" restored fixed telephony and Internet access almost the entire territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea - Interfax.
Moscow gravely concerned about developments in Crimea – Russian FM (VOR).
Russia is extremely concerned by the latest events in Crimea, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement."Unidentified armed men sent from Kiev attempted to seize the building of the Interior Ministry of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in the early hours of March 1. The treacherous provocation resulted in casualties. Self-defense units' resolute actions helped avert the attempt to seize the Interior Ministry building. These events confirm the desire of well-known political circles in Kiev to destabilize the situation on the peninsula," says the statement available on the Russian Foreign Ministry website. "We are calling on those who issue such orders from Kiev to exercise restraint. We view the attempts to further escalate the already tense situation in Crimea as extremely irresponsible," it said.
Following an appeal by the Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, to the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, for assistance in securing peace and quiet in Crimea the Russian presidential administration said Russia would not disregard the request.
Earlier this Saturday, Sergei Aksenov asked the Russian President to render assistance in ensuring peace and quiet in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Aksenov also said he had subordinated all of the republic's security agencies to himself. Meanwhile, the cordoned-off area around the eastern and southern parts of the Crimean Council of Ministers building has been enlarged by one street block, so the closest one can now approach the building is 300 metres. Police and Road Traffic Police prevent motor vehicles and pedestrians from entering the area, but allow street-cleaners to work there, and let everyone living in the nearby houses out.
The Simferopol streets are currently half-deserted, and almost no motor vehicles have been seen around. Crimea leader asks Russia's Putin for help in restoring peace and calm
The newly-chosen prime minister of the Ukrainian southern region of Crimea on Saturday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to held restore "peace and calm" to the Black Sea peninsula, amid a standoff with the new authorities in Kiev.
"Taking into account my responsibility for the life and security of citizens, I ask Russian President Vladimir Putin to help in ensuring peace and calm on the territory of Crimea," Sergiy Aksenov said in an address quoted by local media and broadcast in full by Russian state television.
Sergey Aksenov, the prime minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, has announced his decision to temporarily put all security and law enforcement agencies in the republic under his own control.
Aksenov also appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to provide assistance in maintaining peace and accord in Crimea. "As the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, exercising the powers delegated to me by the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, I make the decision to temporarily put the armed units and groups of the Interior Ministry, the Security Service, the armed forces, the Emergency Situations Ministry, the fleet, the Tax Service, and the border guards under my direct control. All commanders shall follow only my orders and instructions, and I ask those who disagree to retire from service," Aksenov said in a statement Interfax obtained from Crimean Supreme Council secretariat chief Olga Sonnikova.
In motivating his decision, Aksenov said, "Despite the agreements with the central authorities on not appointing law enforcement and security chiefs without the Crimean Supreme Council's consent and not violating the Republic of Crimea's regulations stipulated by Ukrainian laws and the law on police, Ihor Yakovlevych Avrutsky was appointed chief of the Crimean police department yesterday, on February 28, 2014."
The security and law enforcement agencies stationed in Crimea are unable to efficiently control the situation in the republic, where riots have sparked with the use of firearms, the statement says.
"Taking into account the abovementioned, understanding my responsibility for the people's lives and security, I am appealing to Russian President Vladimir Putin to provide assistance in ensuring peace and accord on the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea," Aksenov's statement says.
Ukraine's main problem isn't Russia, but Kiev-Crimea relations - Russian MP The Head of the State Duma International Affairs Committee, Alexei Pushkov, has said Ukraine's main problem is not Russia, but Kiev’s relations with the regions, above all, Crimea.
"The main problem is not Russia, the main problem is that several regions, above all Crimea, refuse to recognize the legality of Supreme Rada decisions", Pushkov wrote on his Twitter microblog.
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