12:57
1.5.2014
Pro-Russian mob attacks prosecutor's office in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.
12:56
1.5.2014
12:55
1.5.2014
Not confirmed.
12:54
1.5.2014
12:52
1.5.2014
Things getting rough in Donetsk, where pro-Russians are rallying.
12:26
1.5.2014
Russia says Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk's proposal to hold a referendum on Ukraine's unity and territorial integrity is a "sham" that would only deepen the crisis in the country, according to Reuters and Interfax. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the plans were "cynical" given what it said were Kyiv's military operation against "it's own people."
Yatsenyuk on April 30 said the government would send to parliament a law on conducting a nationwide poll on Ukrainian unity and territorial integrity on May 25, when the country is also due to hold a presidential election. The Russian Foreign Ministry statement said such proposals "are divorced from reality."
Yatsenyuk on April 30 said the government would send to parliament a law on conducting a nationwide poll on Ukrainian unity and territorial integrity on May 25, when the country is also due to hold a presidential election. The Russian Foreign Ministry statement said such proposals "are divorced from reality."
12:13
1.5.2014
Some real gems from May Day gatherings in the Russian capital from: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin speaking to Russian journalists amid the May Day parade at Red Square in Moscow; Mikhail Shmakov, the president of the Federation of Trade Unions of Russia, addressing the Red Square rally; and Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov addressing a separate rally of his supporters.
Sobyanin:
"This year the first of May is special -- for the first time in 24 years, trade unions are marching at Red Square. That's one thing. Secondly, it is the most attended event in recent years -- there are more than 100,000 participants. It's no accident -- patriotic sentiment is on the rise in the country, people are in a good mood."
A few estimates put the number of antigovernment demonstrators at the "For Fair Elections" event on Moscow's Bolotnaya Square in February 2012 well above 100,000, it should be noted.
Shmakov:
"Like never before, today the slogan that used to sound off at our May Day demonstrations is relevant as never before -- Peace, Labor, May. We demand peace -- peace in every country, peace in every city, peace in every family. We demand labor -- decent jobs and decent wages."
Zyuganov:
"First and foremost, let's congratulate the people of Sevastopol and Crimea on being reunited with us in celebrating the first of May. Cheers to Sevastopol and Crimea! Hurrah!"
"Today, America and NATO minions are working hard to drive a knife into the heart of the Slavic world. Their henchmen -- five Nazi ministers -- are running Kyiv, the mother of all Russian cities. But let me tell you, the solidarity of our nations, the solidarity of working people will not allow these vandals to run amuck."
"Lately, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin has been demonstrating more realism. For the first time he has started speaking of uniting the thousand-year history of our power land without dissecting it into imperial, Soviet, and current periods, saying we must tap into the best of our heritage. We support it."
Sobyanin:
"This year the first of May is special -- for the first time in 24 years, trade unions are marching at Red Square. That's one thing. Secondly, it is the most attended event in recent years -- there are more than 100,000 participants. It's no accident -- patriotic sentiment is on the rise in the country, people are in a good mood."
A few estimates put the number of antigovernment demonstrators at the "For Fair Elections" event on Moscow's Bolotnaya Square in February 2012 well above 100,000, it should be noted.
Shmakov:
"Like never before, today the slogan that used to sound off at our May Day demonstrations is relevant as never before -- Peace, Labor, May. We demand peace -- peace in every country, peace in every city, peace in every family. We demand labor -- decent jobs and decent wages."
Zyuganov:
"First and foremost, let's congratulate the people of Sevastopol and Crimea on being reunited with us in celebrating the first of May. Cheers to Sevastopol and Crimea! Hurrah!"
"Today, America and NATO minions are working hard to drive a knife into the heart of the Slavic world. Their henchmen -- five Nazi ministers -- are running Kyiv, the mother of all Russian cities. But let me tell you, the solidarity of our nations, the solidarity of working people will not allow these vandals to run amuck."
"Lately, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin has been demonstrating more realism. For the first time he has started speaking of uniting the thousand-year history of our power land without dissecting it into imperial, Soviet, and current periods, saying we must tap into the best of our heritage. We support it."
11:41
1.5.2014
11:41
1.5.2014
11:29
1.5.2014
A quick detention at a Moscow rally against war and for Ukrainian sovereignty: