10:32
18.3.2014
Just as Reshat Ametov is buried, another member of Crimea's Muslim community has disappeared. More details here:
У Криму зник ще один мусульманин http://t.co/Pz6eywSaNe
— Радіо Свобода (@radiosvoboda) March 18, 2014
10:47
18.3.2014
Tusk fears UKR to be black hole "where Russian intel services, org. crime&structures that threaten us will dominate.” http://t.co/ePud9tWV07
— Robert Coalson (@CoalsonR) March 18, 2014
10:48
18.3.2014
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service has also been talking to people on the streets of Simferopol about the prospect of Crimea seceding from Ukraine:
11:09
18.3.2014
How much will Crimea cost Russia? As much as 165.8 billion rubles ($4.5 billion) per year just in running expenses, according to Russian opposition party RPR-Parnas.
Российский бюджет в течении ближайших лет заплатит за Крымскую авантюру более триллиона рублей. Содержание Крыма... http://t.co/DhfJA7kY5i
— Boris Nemtsov (@BorisNemtsov) March 18, 2014
11:14
18.3.2014
President Vladimir Putin is addressing a special joint session of the Russian parliament on the Crimea issue.
So far, he's said that the Crimea referendum was democratic and in full accordance with international legal norms.
The outcome of the referendum is "more than convincing," he added.
Putin also says Russia respects all ethnic groups in Crimea. He says there will be three equal languages in Crimea -- Russian, Crimean Tatar, and Ukrainian.
More to follow...
So far, he's said that the Crimea referendum was democratic and in full accordance with international legal norms.
The outcome of the referendum is "more than convincing," he added.
Putin also says Russia respects all ethnic groups in Crimea. He says there will be three equal languages in Crimea -- Russian, Crimean Tatar, and Ukrainian.
More to follow...
11:18
18.3.2014
Putin is now saying that Crimea is an "inseparable" part of Russia and its loss was an "outrageous historical injustice."
11:21
18.3.2014
Putin describes Euromaidan protests as "terror, murder, pogroms" staged by "nationalists, neo-Nazis, Russophobes and anti-Semites."
11:22
18.3.2014
Putin: New Ukrainian government is illegitimate. "There is no one to talk with."
11:27
18.3.2014
Putin says Kosovo is "absolutely analogous" to Crimea and quotes the UN court ruling on Kosovo's self-determination.
11:36
18.3.2014
Putin accuses the West, led by the United States, of imposing its will on the world and thinking "they can only be right."
He says Russia is constantly being "driven into a corner" simply for its "independent position." He also praises China and India for their "understanding" of world affairs, for which he gets a round of applause.
He says Russia is constantly being "driven into a corner" simply for its "independent position." He also praises China and India for their "understanding" of world affairs, for which he gets a round of applause.