Lunch. All still available in Moscow this morning. Finnish yoghurt, English cheese. Italian apple, "French" bread. pic.twitter.com/yd7qlNfuTa
— Daniel Sandford (@BBCDanielS) August 8, 2014
Financial Times: #Yatsenyuk's office hit by cyber attack linked to #Russia http://t.co/paBop1Mmqw #Ukraine
— Kyiv Post (@KyivPost) August 8, 2014
Putin meets presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan today. Will he tell them they mustn't seize bits of another country, or arm separatists?
— Oliver Bullough (@OliverBullough) August 8, 2014
French wines exempt from #Russia embargo on #EU products, must have been a personal intervention from #Depardieu
— Marcin Zaborowski (@MaZaborowski) August 8, 2014
Here's an interesting video from our multimedia department of the self-styled Prime Minister of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, Aleksandr Borodai, explaining his reasons why he is resigning. Apparently, he's got an offer of another job and he was only an interim "crisis manager" in any event.
Shelling of residential blocks in Donetsk. Unclear who is doing it, and why. Via @NewsDonetsk pic.twitter.com/D87IwPyjbR
— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) August 8, 2014
Via my friend Natalia Loseva: more empty shelves in Moscow today. (To all of you who think I am lying about them) pic.twitter.com/p6ylADP9xf
— Natalia Antonova (@NataliaAntonova) August 8, 2014
So Russian state-run Vesti/Rossiya 24 are broadcasting live in a very public place overlooking the Maidan. Not banned at all from Kiev.
— Daniel Sandford (@BBCDanielS) August 8, 2014
Sentsov, Crimean filmmaker removed to Moscow prison for "terrorism" [being v pro-Ukrainian, it seems] told will remain in custody until Oct
— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) August 8, 2014