Archive for March 2nd, 2014

Will Obama and Europe let him get away with carving up Ukraine? WSJ.com March 2, 2014 Vladimir Putin’s Russia seized Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula by force on the weekend and now has his sights on the rest of his Slavic neighbor. The brazen aggression brings the threat of war to the heart of Europe for... »

MICHAEL KELLEY BusinessInsider.com Mar. 2, 2014 Over the last few days, Russia has invaded the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea by taking over its airspace and airports, its highways, its ports, its television stations, and its regional government. On Sunday, hundreds of armed men in trucks and armored vehicles surrounded a Ukrainian military base in... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 03/02/2014 Overnight, there had been numerous rumors that the newly appointed chief of the Ukraine navy, who was just made head of the navy on Saturday, had defected to the Crimean people explicitly, and to pro-Russian forced in the region implicitly. The sourcing of most were various Russian outlets so... »

Kiev calls up military reserves, Russian troops surround Crimean base and Nato ambassadors meet in Brussels Shaun Walker in Simferopol and Ian Traynor in Brussels TheGuardian.com Sunday 2 March 2014 Vladimir Putin has declared war on Ukraine, the acting prime minister in Kiev, Arseniy Yatseniuk, has said, as Ukraine called up its military reserves... »

Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen says Russia’s actions ‘threaten peace and security in Europe’ ADAM WITHNALL IndependentUK Sunday 02 March 2014 John Kerry has called Russia’s military incursion into Ukraine “an incredible act of aggression” and said President Putin has made “a stunning, wilful” choice to invade another country. The US Secretary of... »

Voiceofrussia.com 2 March 2014 Crimea-stationed Ukrainian troops have switched sides to join forces with local pro-Russia authorities in the Russian-dominated autonomous republic of Crimea, a source in the region’s administration has said. The source has stressed the transition was peaceful and without a single shot being fired. Some of the servicemen reportedly left their... »

Voiceofrussia.com 2 March 2014 Western states will not be able to achieve Russia’s international isolation in the wake of the Ukrainian crisis, says Head of the State Duma Committee for International Affairs, Alexei Pushkov. “It seems to me that all talk about the international isolation of Russia is not productive. It is impossible to... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 03/02/2014 As we warned on Friday, the military escalation in Ukraine has had dire consequences for the financial state of the country, its banks, and ultimately its people. The central bank promised to rescue domestic banks so long as they agreed to its complete control and it appears the first... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 03/02/2014 While the developed world is focusing on the rapidly deteriorating developments in the Crimean, China, which has kept a very low profile on the Ukraine situation aside from the token diplomatic statement, is taking advantage of this latest distraction to do what it does best: quietly take over the... »

Secretary-General Speaking before North Atlantic Council Meeting By STEPHEN FIDLER WSJ.com March 2, 2014 BRUSSELS—The civilian chief of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said Russia’s military actions in Ukraine threaten “peace and security in Europe.” NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said “Russia must stop its military activities and threats.” He was speaking before a... »