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March 03, 2014 7:28PM
UKRAINE’S deposed president Viktor Yanukovych is still the legitimate head of state of the country even if his authority is “negligible”, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said today.
In other developments, the Abbott Government has cancelled a trade trip to Russia as tension mounts over their involvement in Ukraine and world leaders condemned President Vladimir Putin.
Russia’s ambassador to Australia has said his country was expelling a ‘Neo-Nazi’ government from the Crimea as troops continue to dig-in at key points around the peninsula.
Senior Obama administration officials said the US now believes that Russia has complete operational control of Crimea, a pro-Russian area of the country, and has more than 6,000 troops in the region.
According to Ukrainian news media reports, grenades and light arms were used in an assault on an army base in the Sevastopol suburb of Belbek this morning. One officer was reportedly wounded and ‘non Ukrainian’ soldiers have taken control of the facility. There are also reports a telecommunications building in Dzhankoi has also been seized.
There are unconfirmed reports that troops are digging trenches on the narrow isthmus which connects the Crimean peninsula with the remainder of Ukraine at Armyansk.
Outrage over Russia’s military moves mounted in world capitals, with US Secretary of State John Kerry calling on President Vladimir Putin to pull back from “an incredible act of aggression.
’’ European governments are scrambling to form a unified response to the occupation, with several emergency sessions of NATO and EU leadership groups underway.
Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ordered his deputy Jan Eliasson to fly on Sunday to Ukraine, after two emergency sessions of the UN Security Council in which Western countries traded blame with Russia for the unfolding crisis.
The deputy secretary-general will then brief Ban “on the next steps the United Nations could take to support the de-escalation of the situation’’, a UN spokesman said.
Yanukovych still legit president: Russia
Ukraine’s deposed president Viktor Yanukovych is still the legitimate head of state of the country even if his authority is “negligible”, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said today.
Medvedev added that Russia does not recognise the new authorities who took power in Kiev after the overthrow of Yanukovych, saying they had violated the constitution.
In a posting on his Facebook page, Medvedev did not directly refer to the parliament approval won by President Vladimir Putin at the weekend to send Russian troops onto Ukrainian territory amid the standoff in Crimea.
“Yes, the authority of president Yanukovych is practically negligible but this does not cancel out the fact that according to the constitution of Ukraine he is still the legitimate head of state,” Medvedev said.
Russia has given sanctuary to Yanukovych, who on Friday emerged for the first time to give a news conference in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don.
Medvedev said Russia is ready to develop “multifaceted, respectful relations with brotherly Ukraine” - but not with the authorities who replaced Yanukovych.
“Ukraine is not for us the group of people who shed blood... and took power in violation of the constitution and other laws of their state.”
“It is the entire country. A varied group of people. Ukrainians, Russians, Tatars, Jews. Different communities, living in harmony,” he added.
Medvedev’s comments played on the widely-held perception in Russia that the new Ukrainian government is made up of hardcore nationalists who cater to a minority of Ukrainians.
The remarks underlined that while Russia is far from happy with the actions of Yanukovych, Moscow is still far from recognising the new authorities as a legitimate partner. - AFP
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Abbott government cancels Russia visits
Prime Minister Tony Abbott says Russia’s “unprovoked aggression” in Ukraine has no place in the world.
The government summoned Russian Ambassador Vladimir Morozov on Monday to explain his country’s decision to allow troops into Crimea, a region of Ukraine with strong historic ties to its powerful neighbour.
Mr Abbott says the envoy was told “in no uncertain terms” about Australia’s concern regarding Russia’s actions.
“Unprovoked aggression should have no place in our world,” he told parliament during question time.
“Russia should back off, it should withdraw its forces from the Ukraine and people of the Ukraine ought to be able to determine their future themselves.”
Mr Abbott said Trade Minister Andrew Robb had cancelled a planned visit to Russia in light of the developments.
A visit to Australia by a Russian national security adviser would also not go ahead, he said.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten told the chamber he supported the government’s moves.
“G7’’ leaders condemn Russia
The leaders of the world’s top industrialised powers have turned on fellow G8 member Russia, condemning its “clear’’ violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty.
Symbolically billing themselves as the “G7’’, the leaders said in a statement that Russia’s actions were incompatible with the Group of Eight Nations, which Moscow joined in 1997, and said they would not take part in preparatory talks for June’s G8 summit in Sochi, Russia.
The statement, signed by the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US and the presidents of the European Council and European Commission, was released by the White House.
The leaders said they joined to “condemn the Russian Federation’s clear violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, in contravention of Russia’s obligations under the UN Charter and its 1997 basing agreement with Ukraine’’.
“We call on Russia to address any ongoing security or human rights concerns that it has with Ukraine through direct negotiations, and/or via international observation or mediation under the auspices of the UN or the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.’’
The statement called on all parties to “behave with the greatest extent of self-restraint and responsibility, and to decrease the tensions.’’
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