14:09
19.3.2014
Ukraine renounces its presidency of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
УКРАИНА ОТКАЗЫВАЕТСЯ ОТ ПРЕДСЕДАТЕЛЬСТВА В СНГ В 2014Г – МИД
— Українська правда (@ukrpravda_news) March 19, 2014
14:10
19.3.2014
Russian rep in Council of Europe apparently posted Russia will "take back" FSU countries, Finland, Poland, Alaska: http://t.co/1cY7VN5hE7
— Robert Coalson (@CoalsonR) March 19, 2014
14:19
19.3.2014
RFE/RL's Russian Service interviewed Roman Romanenko, the journalist who jokingly asked Putin to dispatch troops to protect residents of Russia's Vologda region from corrupt officials. The regional governor has since demanded an investigation on extremism charges.
14:23
19.3.2014
Workers replacing letters on Crimean parliament building.
14:42
19.3.2014
This video has been making the rounds. "Self-defense" forces manhandle an elderly woman for saying Crimea is Ukrainian.
14:53
19.3.2014
Following National Geographic, Mail.ru and Yandex have changed their maps to include Crimea in the Russian Federation. Google not following suit so far.
14:59
19.3.2014
These are emotional times for Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, former ambassador to NATO
Today's the most important day in my life.The day of national selfconsciousness revival. I'm proud of my nation,my Motherland & my President
— Dmitry Rogozin (@DRogozin) March 18, 2014
15:08
19.3.2014
Ukraine is working on ways to evacuate its citizens from Crimea. First Deputy Defense Minister Leonid Polyakov says troops will remain.
Мирне населення уряд спробує евакуювати, військові у Криму залишаться – радник Міноборони http://t.co/BBT57CXazg
— Радіо Свобода (@radiosvoboda) March 19, 2014
15:31
19.3.2014
Ukraine is working on ways to evacuate its citizens from Crimea. First Deputy Defense Minister Leonid Polyakov says troops will remain.
Мирне населення уряд спробує евакуювати, військові у Криму залишаться – радник Міноборони http://t.co/BBT57CXazg
— Радіо Свобода (@radiosvoboda) March 19, 2014
15:34
19.3.2014
Here's a new update from RFE/RL's newsdesk:
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is heading to Russia and Ukraine amid the escalating crisis over Crimea.
Ban's office said the secretary-general will meet tomorrow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, before traveling to Kyiv the following day for talks with top Ukrainian officials to push for a peaceful resolution.
Meanwhile, British Prime Minister David Cameron said today that Russia could face permanent expulsion from the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations if it took further action against Ukraine after annexing Crimea. (AFP, Reuters)
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is heading to Russia and Ukraine amid the escalating crisis over Crimea.
Ban's office said the secretary-general will meet tomorrow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, before traveling to Kyiv the following day for talks with top Ukrainian officials to push for a peaceful resolution.
Meanwhile, British Prime Minister David Cameron said today that Russia could face permanent expulsion from the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations if it took further action against Ukraine after annexing Crimea. (AFP, Reuters)