Western media describes the situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea as if a full-scale Russian invasion were under way, with headlines like: “Ukraine says Russia sent 16,000 troops to Crimea” and “Ukraine crisis deepens as Russia sends more troops into Crimea,” as well as “What can Obama do about Russia's invasion of Crimea?”
It seems they have chosen to simply ignore the fact that those Russian troops have been stationed in Crimea for over a decade.
- Russia’s representative to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, reminded on Tuesday that the deal surrounding the Black Sea Fleet allows Russia to station a contingent of up to 25,000 troops in Ukraine. However, US and British media have mostly chosen to turn a deaf ear.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov underlined that the country’s military “strictly executes the agreements, which stipulate the Russian fleet’s presence in Ukraine, and follows the stance and claims coming from the legitimate authority in Ukraine and in this case the legitimate authority of the Autonomous Republic Crimea as well.”.................http://rt.com/news/russian-troops-crimea-ukraine-816/
4/3/14
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Lavrov says Crimea forces are not Russian....
ReplyDeleteRussian foreign minister repeats assertion that armed men deployed in Ukraine's peninsula do not answer to Moscow.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that Russia cannot order the "self defence" forces in Ukraine's Crimea back to their bases because the troops do not answer to Moscow.
Speaking in Madrid in remarks shown on Russian television on Wednesday, Lavrov repeated Russia's assertion that armed men deployed there are not Russian forces and said that Russia's Black Sea naval personnel were in normal positions.............http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/03/lavrov-says-crimea-forces-are-not-russian-20143510105376878.html
5/3/14
Russian Black Sea fleet commander-in-chief accused of crimes on Crimea’s territory....
ReplyDeleteUkraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office accuses him of inciting to treason.
Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office incriminated Russian Black Sea Fleet Commander-in-Chief Vice-Admiral Alexander Vitko in committing crimes on the territory of the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea. The official website of the state office reported this on Thursday.
According to the document, Vitko “has committed crimes under Part 2, Article 27 and Part 1, Article 111 (incitement to treason), Part 3, Article 27 and Article 113 (engineering act of sabotage) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine”.
“For committing the named crimes, the offender may face imprisonment for 3 to 15 years,” the prosecutor’s office reports.
Earlier, Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that Russian servicemen staying at the Russian Black Sea Fleet base in Sevastopol “always strictly conform to the accords, on the basis of which the Russian fleet stays on this territory, and conform to addresses of the legitimate Ukrainian authorities”.
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/722380
6/3/14