| Putin annexes Crimea; Ukraine cries 'robbery' | |
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| Topic Started: Mar 18 2014, 10:39 PM (172 Views) | |
| Zechariah | Mar 18 2014, 10:39 PM Post #1 |
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Putin annexes Crimea; Ukraine cries 'robbery' (CNN) - Cheers in Moscow. Outrage in Kiev. Bloodshed in Simferopol. Tuesday saw Russian President Vladimir Putin announce the annexation of Crimea, two days after voters in that semiautonomous territory approved a hastily called referendum on separating from Ukraine. Putin told a joint session of Russia's Parliament that the nearly 97% of Crimean residents who voted to join Russia over the weekend was "an extremely convincing figure." "In our hearts, we know Crimea has always been an inalienable part of Russia," he said. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk called it "a robbery on an international scale," one that Kiev will never accept. "One country has come and temporarily stolen part of of the territory of an independent country," he said. "It will be difficult to find a quick resolution to this problem, but Russia is now isolated by the whole international community." And after a member of its military was killed, another wounded and more captured when masked gunmen seized their base near the Crimean regional capital, Simferopol, Ukraine's defense ministry authorized its forces to open fire. Yatsenyuk warned that the crisis was shifting "from political to the military form, and the blame is on the Russian military." Crimea, which has an ethnic Russian majority, has long been a semiautonomous region within Ukraine. It has had its own Parliament, but the Ukrainian government had veto power over its actions. After the revolt that forced pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych from office in February, Russian troops poured into the Crimean Peninsula, effectively cutting it off in support of a pro-Russian government that took power in Simferopol. Putin said Tuesday that Russia had to act as Ukraine's new government, backed by the United States and European powers, prepared "to seize the state through terror and murders." "The main executors of this were nationalists, Russia-phobes and anti-Semites," he said. "Those people define what is happening today in Ukraine." But international observers have said Moscow saw its chance to annex a strategic territory, one that was transferred to Ukraine in the Soviet era and which still hosts the home port of Russia's Black Sea Fleet. Ukraine's interim President, Oleksandr Turchynov, told reporters that Putin is "mimicking the fascists of the last century" by annexing Crimea. "The political leadership of Russia will have to answer before the whole world for crimes they are committing today in our country," Turchynov said. Cameron: Annexation sends 'a chilling message' Putin declared Tuesday that "We have not used our armed forces in Crimea," despite what has been stated by international observers and the government of Kiev. He said the 22,000 Russian troops in Crimea did not enter during the current crisis, but "were already there," in accordance with previous international negotiations. Russian forces were allowed in Crimea under a treaty that allowed the Black Sea Fleet to be based there, but the movements of its forces within Crimea are supposed to be agreed upon with Kiev. Putin praised those forces for avoiding bloodshed, but the tensions appear to have boiled over into violence Tuesday. Masked gunmen killed a member of Ukraine's military, wounded another and arrested the remaining staff of Ukraine's military topographic and navigation directorate at Simferopol, Defense Ministry spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov told CNN. After that, the Defense Ministry authorized its forces in Crimea to use weapons "to protect and preserve the life of Ukrainian soldiers," according to a statement posted on its website. Petro Poroshenko, a Ukrainian member of Parliament and former foreign minister, said Tuesday that his country stands at "the beginning of a very dangerous conflict, and we should do our best to stop this process." "Several weeks ago, we had a guarantee that nothing [would] happen with the Crimea. Several weeks ago we had [a situation] that there is not any military presence on Ukrainian territory, including the Crimea," he told CNN's "Amanpour " program. Now, he said, "I strongly believe that this is not only Ukrainian territory is now threatened." "Now under attack can be any country in the European Union, including other parts of Ukraine," said Poroshenko, a billionaire and leading potential candidate for president. "That's why we should think that it can never happen again." U.S. and EU officials imposed sanctions on more than two dozen Russian and Crimean officials Monday and have urged Russia to avoid escalating the crisis, but Moscow has ignored those calls. http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Putin-annexes-Crimea-Ukraine-cries-robbery/25028892?tmi=orlpn_natlbreak_1_07110103182014&tml=orlpn_natlbreak&treets=orlpn&ts=T |
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| Miami | Mar 18 2014, 10:42 PM Post #2 |
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White stoles America from the Indians. |
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| Miami | Mar 18 2014, 10:42 PM Post #3 |
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Texas and California use to belong to Mexico, and Americans took it from them. |
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| Zechariah | Mar 18 2014, 10:44 PM Post #4 |
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Good points Miami.
Edited by Zechariah, Mar 18 2014, 10:44 PM.
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| Miami | Mar 18 2014, 10:48 PM Post #5 |
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The U.S. Government killed the president of Iraq, and overthrew that countries government. |
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