14:59
10.4.2014
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has issued this rather blunt video blog from Prague, calling on Russia to take a step back:
14:53
10.4.2014
According to RFE/RL's news desk Vladimir Putin has been writing to European leaders to warn them about how the situation in Ukraine could affect gas supplies:
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a letter to leaders of 18 European countries warning of a suspension of gas supplies if Ukraine does not pay off its $2.2 billion gas debt.
The Kremlin said on April 10 that Putin wrote to European leaders to say that Gazprom would be "compelled to switch over to advance payment for gas deliveries" for Ukraine and that if Ukraine remains unable to settle its debt, Gazprom "will completely or partially cease gas deliveries."
Putin raised concerns about Ukraine siphoning off gas from pipelines leading to Europe and said Ukraine needed some 11.5 billion cubic meters of gas, worth some $5.5 billion, to fill the country's underground storage tanks.
Putin also wrote Russia is prepared to take part, along with the European Union, in efforts to restore Ukraine's economy.
The Kremlin said on April 10 that Putin wrote to European leaders to say that Gazprom would be "compelled to switch over to advance payment for gas deliveries" for Ukraine and that if Ukraine remains unable to settle its debt, Gazprom "will completely or partially cease gas deliveries."
Putin raised concerns about Ukraine siphoning off gas from pipelines leading to Europe and said Ukraine needed some 11.5 billion cubic meters of gas, worth some $5.5 billion, to fill the country's underground storage tanks.
Putin also wrote Russia is prepared to take part, along with the European Union, in efforts to restore Ukraine's economy.
14:07
10.4.2014
Tatar pro-government TNV-Planeta channel to open a bureau in Crimea, plans to produce programs on close ties between Kazan, Crimean #Tatars
— Rim Gilfanov (@guilfanr) April 10, 2014
14:05
10.4.2014
Assistant Secretary Nuland at #kyivsecurityforum - the best answer to external aggression is free elections on May 25 pic.twitter.com/mzAmMAcv1D
— Geoffrey Pyatt (@GeoffPyatt) April 10, 2014
11:49
10.4.2014
From our Brussels correspondent:
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has deprived the Russian delegation of its voting right in the body.
PACE passed on April 10 a resolution making the recommendation with 145 votes in favor, 21 against, and 22 abstentions.
The Russian delegation boycotted the debate in plenary session.
Moscow will now lose its voting rights until the end of the 2014 session.
The delegation also loses the rights to be represented in the Bureau of the Assembly, the PACE Presidential Committee, the PACE Standing Committee, and the rights to participate in election observation missions.
The Assembly also adopted an amendment which states that the assembly "reserves the right to annul the credentials" of the Russian delegation, if Moscow "does not deescalate the situation and reverse the annexation of Crimea."
PACE passed on April 10 a resolution making the recommendation with 145 votes in favor, 21 against, and 22 abstentions.
The Russian delegation boycotted the debate in plenary session.
Moscow will now lose its voting rights until the end of the 2014 session.
The delegation also loses the rights to be represented in the Bureau of the Assembly, the PACE Presidential Committee, the PACE Standing Committee, and the rights to participate in election observation missions.
The Assembly also adopted an amendment which states that the assembly "reserves the right to annul the credentials" of the Russian delegation, if Moscow "does not deescalate the situation and reverse the annexation of Crimea."
11:47
10.4.2014
Russia's economic influence in eastern Ukraine
11:17
10.4.2014
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10.4.2014
10:35
10.4.2014
Could this be true? Good PR move, if so.