Speaking on the NBC program "Meet the Press," Rice was asked about a possible scenario in which Russia would send forces into Ukraine to restore a government more friendly to Moscow.
"That would be a grave mistake. It's not in the interests of Ukraine or of Russia or of Europe or the United States to see a country split. It's in nobody's interest to see violence return and the situation escalate," Rice said.
"There is not an inherent contradiction ... between a Ukraine that has longstanding historic and cultural ties to Russia and a modern Ukraine that wants to integrate more closely with Europe. This need not be mutually exclusive," Rice said following the political upheaval in Ukraine.
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Rice-Grave-mistake-for-Russia-to-send-forces-into-Ukraine-342303
23/2/14
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Виктор Янукович объявлен в розыск....
ReplyDeleteак сообщил уполномоченный по контролю за деятельностью МВД Арсен Аваков, власти возбудили уголовное дело о массовых убийствах мирных граждан...........http://itar-tass.com/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/999063
24/2/14
At least 1,000 protesters block off Kharkov regional administration building....
ReplyDeleteKHARKOV, February 24. /ITAR-TASS/. At least 1,000 rioters continue to block off the Kharkov administration’s building.
Barricades are being erected and “self-defense posts” are patrolling..
There are no supporters of the local administration although several thousands of people were at the building last night. Traffic has not been blocked off.
The opposition is staying in the administration’s building: it has organized a medical aid post and a dining room on the ground floor. Leaders of Kharkov’s Maidan, as well as several radical groups, are on the first flood.
Governor Mikhail Dobkin has not arrived yet in the office. At 13:00 Moscow time he is expected to meet journalists. No reports on postponing the news conference are available yet. However, it is not clear if the governor is able to come to the building.
On Sunday, the opposition did not allow either the governor or Kharkov Mayor Gennady Kernes to enter the building.
In the meantime, Dobkin and Kernes said they did not intend to resign.
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/720669
24/2/14
Alexander/Canada: Russia risks sanctions if it interferes in Ukraine....
ReplyDeleteCanada and the United States issued strong warnings to Russia on Sunday, saying any attempt to reinsert itself into Ukraine’s dramatic political situation would face immediate consequences.
Canada's Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander says Ottawa has the "potential to enact sanctions against anyone who is responsible" for further violence in Ukraine.
Alexander spoke to CTV Question Period's Robert Fife, the same day that U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice said it would be a "grave mistake" for Russia to step in militarily in Ukraine......................http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/alexander-russia-risks-sanctions-if-it-interferes-in-ukraine-1.1700207
24/2/14
Russia has expelled a Canadian diplomat from Moscow, government sources confirm to CTV News, after Canada forced out a Russian military attaché earlier this month over the ongoing crisis in Ukraine....
DeleteThe diplomat, identified as Margarita Atanasov, serves as Canada’s First Secretary of the immigration section at the Canadian Embassy in the Russian capital. She is to leave Russia within 14 days, CTV’s Mercedes Stephenson reported.
Atanasov’s expulsion from Russia comes about two weeks after Canada expelled assistant military attaché Lieut.-Col. Yury Bezler from Ottawa....
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/russia-expels-canadian-diplomat-from-moscow-1.1786998#ixzz2zdw1N7UH
Украина приглашена принять участие во встрече глав минобороны НАТО в Брюсселе....
ReplyDeleteБРЮССЕЛЬ, 24 февраля. /Корр. ИТАР-ТАСС Денис Дубровин, Иван Коновалов/. Украина приглашена принять участие во встрече министров обороны НАТО 26-27 февраля в Брюсселе в рамках консультаций стран-членов Международных сил по содействию безопасности в Афганистане (ИСАФ). Об этом сообщила ИТАР-ТАСС официальный представитель НАТО Оана Лунгеску.
"Украина изначально была приглашена на встречу сил ИСАФ, как одна из стран-участниц коалиции. Уровень ее участия будет зависеть от процесса формирования правительства этой страны", - указала она. Лунгеску также не исключила возможность двусторонних встреч и других контактов: "Уверена, что министры стран НАТО будут заинтересованы в проведении конструктивных встреч с представителями украинской стороны".
Она также напомнила, что генсек НАТО Андерс Фог Рамсуссен 21 февраля провел встречу с послом Украины в Брюсселе Игорем Долговым.
http://itar-tass.com/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/999781
24/2/14