14:36
22.3.2014
RT @maxseddon: Live feed from Belbek AF base #Crimea, where #Ukraine troops making last stand against #Russia http://t.co/ZLxgDvKv0K
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) March 22, 2014
14:50
22.3.2014
From the wires, via our news desk:
Crimea held a joint funeral on Saturday for a Ukrainian soldier and a pro-Moscow militiaman killed this week -- the only casualties since Russian forces took over the region. Sergei Aksyonov, the region's prime minister, said at the funeral in the Crimean capital of Simferopol that the two were "Crimean heroes." Mikhail Sheremet, the leader of the pro-Moscow militia in Crimea, said the two men were victims of "a provocation" during a gunbattle in Simferopol on Tuesday. Sheremet said the deaths were still being investigated by local authorities.
14:57
22.3.2014
#Ukraine PM says if G8 has an empty seat "we will take it".
— Paul Waldie (@pwaldieGLOBE) March 22, 2014
14:58
22.3.2014
Pro-Russia activists taking pictures in front of a local administrative building in #Donetsk, #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/zGByr3k4Ft
— Nechepurenko (@INechepurenko) March 22, 2014
15:15
22.3.2014
Here is livestream video of the standoff between Russian troops and Ukrainian forces at the Ukrainian air base in Belbek, near Sevastopol.
15:22
22.3.2014
In a post on Facebook, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov says police searching the "residences" of former Ukrainian Energy Minister Eduard Stavytskyy have found 42 kilograms of gold, $4.8 million in cash, and bags stuffed with what appear to be diamonds. They also purportedly found registration documents for several offshore companies, numerous bank cards and statements from many bank accounts, real-estate deeds, and a large collection of jewelry and expensive watches.
15:39
22.3.2014
Here are some recent background pieces on the Russia-Ukraine crisis by RFE/RL's staff that you might have missed:
U.S. Businesses Fear Russian Sanctions May Hurt Bottom Line
Explainer: How The International Sanctions Game Is Played
Infographic: Neighbors' Minority Ties To Russia
Power Vertical Blog Post: The Pros And Cons Of Propaganda
U.S. Businesses Fear Russian Sanctions May Hurt Bottom Line
Explainer: How The International Sanctions Game Is Played
Infographic: Neighbors' Minority Ties To Russia
Power Vertical Blog Post: The Pros And Cons Of Propaganda
15:40
22.3.2014
Memorial service at Independence Square Kyiv for another dead protester. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/yUHH4KH06l
— Paul Waldie (@pwaldieGLOBE) March 22, 2014
15:40
22.3.2014
Mourners surround casket of dead protester at Independence Square Kyiv. #Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/2LwiOJCBlq
— Paul Waldie (@pwaldieGLOBE) March 22, 2014
15:44
22.3.2014
The Telegraph cites an unidentified official in Brussels as saying the South Stream pipeline is "dead." If true, that's a pretty big deal.
From the report:
From the report:
The South Stream pipeline intended to link the EU to Russia through the Black Sea by 2018 is now “dead”, according to sources in Brussels, hitting contractors close to Mr Putin. EU staff are to come up with plans to shield Europe from energy blackmail by Russia within 90 days, finding ways to prevent frontline states being picked off one by one. Ukraine’s premier, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, said in Brussels that the West must stop Russia deploying energy as a “new nuclear weapon".