Kremlin: Overseas Interests Seeking to Stir Up Unrest in Belgrade After Election

There are observers in Serbia who have not recorded any violations that could cast doubt on the legitimacy of the elections, while there are attempts by third parties, including from abroad, to provoke unrest, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

Tunisia's president warns IMF: Financial support conditions risk civil unrest

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied told the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) managing director that the fund’s conditions to provide financial support to the North African country risks sparking civil unrest, the Tunisian presidency said on Friday.

NATO sends additional forces to Kosovo following clashes with Serb protesters

NATO said on Tuesday it was deploying extra forces to Kosovo after clashes in the north of the country in which 30 soldiers from a NATO-led peacekeeping force were injured.

Shaken South Africans Clean Up After Deadly Unrest - UrduPoint

South Africans on Saturday cleaned up shopping centres and stores looted during a week of violence that rocked the country, claiming more than 200 lives and inflicting more than $1 billion in damage.

South Africa's government asks for 25,000 troops to curb ongoing unrest

 

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Hungarian FM calls intl response to tear-gas 'bizarre'. -- EU had to put together a force to defend Greece's borders

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto on Thursday called the international political and media response to the tear gas and water cannon used by police to quell refugee unrest "bizarre and shocking".

Claims that groups within US behind protests in Turkey, Egypt and Ukraine ‘ridiculous’. - Marie Harf

A U.S. State Department Spokesperson has categorically denied that groups within the United States are behind the mass protests and upheavals in Turkey, Egypt and Ukraine, describing the claims voiced by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as “ridiculous.”

“We are not behind any of the legitimate, democratic protests we’ve seen in any of those countries. So let’s be very clear that this is not about what the U.S. is doing, because we’re not doing anything. This is an internal Turkish matter. That’s where they need to focus,” U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf said during a daily press briefing on April 30.

Moscow to present video proving extremists responsbile for Ukraine unrest / Russia against including Ukraine’s $3bln Eurobond debt into restructuring schemes

Moscow is soon going to provide video evidence to the EU and OSCE proving that extremists provoked unrest in Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry has stated on its Facebook account.

"The Western media prefer not to talk about the riots for what they really were, demonstrations arranged by extremist groups. Perhaps the leaders of the European institutions do not know about the actions of these extremists who were disguised as civilians," the statement reads.

US issues new travel alert for Ukraine amid Kiev violence....

WASHINGTON - The United States issued a new travel alert for Ukraine on Tuesday, citing increased risks because of political unrest and violent clashes between protesters and authorities.
"The situation in Ukraine is unpredictable and could change quickly. Further violent clashes between police and protesters in Kiev and other cities are possible," the State Department said, replacing an alert from Jan. 28.

Senior UN officials urge restraint, dialogue to defuse tensions fuelling protests in Ukraine

21 January 2014 – Urging restraint amid widespread anti-Government protests in Ukraine, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called today for sustained and inclusive dialogue to defuse tensions in the country.
“The violent clashes over the past few days in the centre of Kiev, which reportedly resulted in many people being injured, are very worrying,” said Ms. Pillay. “I appeal to all parties to engage in constructive dialogue to avoid further escalation of the unrest.
“The longer they wait, the more difficult it will become to resolve the impasse,” she added.
Demonstrators have been gathering in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, since late November, when thousands marched on municipal buildings in protests reportedly sparked by a Government decision not to sign an agreement on broader integration with the European Union.