11:18
12.4.2014
Separatist building a barricade at Slavyansk militia station pic.twitter.com/MyU5dpMPKq
— bruce springnote (@BSpringnote) April 12, 2014
11:01
12.4.2014
Our news wrap on the situation in Slovyansk, where gunmen have seized control of a police station.
10:35
12.4.2014
Seize of Slavyansk militia station unchanged. 30 - 40 armed separatists negotiating with government. No details.
— bruce springnote (@BSpringnote) April 12, 2014
10:35
12.4.2014
Ukrainian history presented in sand animation:
Hat tip to English EuroMaidan for flagging:
Hat tip to English EuroMaidan for flagging:
This is absolutely amazing. Ukrainian history lesson presented as sand animation by Kseniya Simonova - beautiful! http://t.co/xH8FgpoQBE
— English EuroMaidan (@EuroMaidanEN) April 12, 2014
10:31
12.4.2014
Via Reuters, Ukraine suspends gas payments to Russia:
Ukraine's state-run energy company Naftogaz has suspended gas payments to Russia until the conclusion of price talks, chief executive Andriy Kobolev was quoted as saying on Saturday.
Russia, which last month angered Western powers by annexing Ukraine's Crimea peninsula, has raised the price it charges Kiev for gas and said it owes Moscow $2.2 billion in unpaid bills. It also says Kiev had failed to pay its bill on time.
Russian gas giant Gazprom earlier this month increased gas price for Ukrainian consumers to $485 per 1,000 cubic meters (tcm) from $268 for the first quarter, saying Kiev was no longer eligible for previous discounts.
"The question of repayment of debt is directly linked to the maintenance of gas prices at the level of the first quarter," Kobolev told the Zerkalo Nedely weekly in an interview, referring to the original price of $268 per tcm.
"We see no reason to revise the price. We consider the price at around $500 as non-market, unjustified and unacceptable. Accordingly, we have suspended payments for the period of the price negotiations."
Russia, which last month angered Western powers by annexing Ukraine's Crimea peninsula, has raised the price it charges Kiev for gas and said it owes Moscow $2.2 billion in unpaid bills. It also says Kiev had failed to pay its bill on time.
Russian gas giant Gazprom earlier this month increased gas price for Ukrainian consumers to $485 per 1,000 cubic meters (tcm) from $268 for the first quarter, saying Kiev was no longer eligible for previous discounts.
"The question of repayment of debt is directly linked to the maintenance of gas prices at the level of the first quarter," Kobolev told the Zerkalo Nedely weekly in an interview, referring to the original price of $268 per tcm.
"We see no reason to revise the price. We consider the price at around $500 as non-market, unjustified and unacceptable. Accordingly, we have suspended payments for the period of the price negotiations."
10:22
12.4.2014
Our Ukrainian Service is live streaming from Luhansk.
09:05
12.4.2014
08:57
12.4.2014
Great start for Russia's Investigative Committee in Crimea. The head of the new Yalta office has been sent home after covering up a brawl two of his investigators had with Crimean Tatars in a local restaraunt. This, via Gazeta.ru (in Russian).
Hat tip to Channel 5's Myroslava Petsa for flagging:
Hat tip to Channel 5's Myroslava Petsa for flagging:
08:52
12.4.2014
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski: "Russia is on the road to replaying the worst scenarios of the 20th century"
Rosja na drodze do powtórki najgorszych scenariuszy XX wieku? Sikorski w "Horyzoncie" - TVN24 http://t.co/AvzMVF1lfj
— Radosław Sikorski (@sikorskiradek) April 12, 2014
08:49
12.4.2014
Not even an international crisis can stop Polish humor -- or advertising opportunities. A funny Polish vodka advert.