10:49
22.3.2014
Russian TV anchor Dmitry Kiselyov is miffed that he was included on EU sanctions list. Says "slapping sanctions on journalists is the lowest thing to do" and "a blatant attack on freedom of speech."
10:42
22.3.2014
This just in rom RFE/RL's News Desk:
News agencies report that German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has denounced Russia's "attempt to splinter Europe" by staging a disputed independence referendum in the Ukrainian southern region of Crimea. Steinmeier spoke to reporters in Kyiv on Saturday after meeting Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov..
News agencies report that German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has denounced Russia's "attempt to splinter Europe" by staging a disputed independence referendum in the Ukrainian southern region of Crimea. Steinmeier spoke to reporters in Kyiv on Saturday after meeting Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov..
10:40
22.3.2014
Latest from the wires:
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has denounced Russia's "attempt to splinter Europe" by staging a disputed independence referendum in the southern Ukrainian region of Crimea. Steinmeier was speaking to reporters in Kyiv after meeting with Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov.
10:23
22.3.2014
Ukrainian soldiers still in Crimea fear they may die there:
"Can you imagine? People like these talking about international law?” Sad report from Belbek by @KimSengupta07 http://t.co/Khz9WlXxno
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) March 22, 2014
10:11
22.3.2014
Europe's "soft power" continues to rumble on, just possibly.
South Stream pipeline is now "dead." Europe writing plan to break dependence on Russian energy: http://t.co/6eAeL4YZhv
— Robert Coalson (@CoalsonR) March 22, 2014
10:10
22.3.2014
Interesting video looks at Putin's big speech, in Russian: https://t.co/o9xJUdtupe
— Robert Coalson (@CoalsonR) March 22, 2014
09:30
22.3.2014
Crimea's Tatars continue to resist Russia's takeover of the peninsula:
Pretty bold statement from Refat Chubarov,Crimea Tatar nation'll convene on Kurultai to decide abt autonomy in Crimea http://t.co/dF8Lpsx99W
— Ryskeldi Satke (@RyskeldiSatke) March 22, 2014
09:19
22.3.2014
From the agencies, via our news desk:
Russia says European Union sanctions imposed on 12 Russians and Ukrainians on Friday over the Crimean crisis were "divorced from reality." Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said Saturday that Russia reserves the right answer reciprocally. In a separate statement, the ministry said Moscow hopes the decision to send to Ukraine a monitoring mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will help resolve the "internal Ukrainian crisis" and stop “nationalist banditry.” It added that the "mission's mandate reflects the new political and legal realities and does not extend to Crimea and Sevastopol, which have become part of Russia." The OSCE had said the observer team will gather information over six months on the security situation "throughout” Ukraine.
21:41
21.3.2014
Barring any breaking news, this concludes our live blogging for March 21.
20:58
21.3.2014
Putin's new media boss on the junket he'd rather forget:
Meetings with security officials. Dinner paid for by the State Department. Jazz hands. Dmitry Kiselev in DC: http://t.co/nZlP7WlrEA
— max seddon (@maxseddon) March 21, 2014