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The building of Justice Ministry has been occupied by protesters, RT
reports. Local media reported that no one was hurt during the seizure of
the building of the Justice Ministry in central Kiev. Following the
incident, political organization Obchee Delo claimed responsibility,
posting a message on their Facebook profile."At 22:38 security in the building called in an attempted seizure of the building. Information was confirmed, the building remains seized,” police said, according to Unian news agency.
Ukrainian Justice Minister Elena Lukash has said she will ask the National Security and Defense Council to introduce a state of emergency if rioters do not leave the ministry building.
"If the protesters do not leave the Justice Ministry building in half an hour I will ask the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine to impose the state of emergency,” she told Inter TV channel.
Lukash said the ministry building was captured just when the last amendments were being made to the law “On Changes to the Constitution of Ukraine” in order to return to the 2004 text of the constitution.
UDAR party leader Vitaly Klitschko has entered the building, Interfax reported.
According to AFP, the group entered the building without any resistance and is currently building a system of barricades just outside the building. Common Cause is reportedly the same group that earlier occupied the Energy and Agricultural Ministries.
Voice of Russia, RT
http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_01_27/Ukraine-may-issue-state-of-emergency-if-protesters-dont-leave-Justice-Ministry-9638/
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Pro-Western Ukrainian opposition stokes up civil war....
ReplyDeleteRight-wing, pro-Western opposition forces in Ukraine pushed the country one step closer to all-out civil war yesterday, rejecting President Viktor Yanukovych’s proposed concessions and demanding that he step down. The opposition aims to install a far-right administration pledged to implement the austerity policies of the European Union (EU) and International Monetary Fund.
Protesters clashed with riot police again yesterday in Kyiv and occupied a cultural center near the epicenter of the protests, Independence Square, after a pitched battle with security forces. Protesters have reportedly gained complete or partial control of at least six buildings in central Kyiv: Kyiv City Hall, the Trade Unions Building, the October Palace, the Ukraina Hotel, the Agriculture Ministry, and the Ukrainian House.
On Saturday, President Viktor Yanukovych had declared that he was prepared to make a number of concessions, following months of protests and escalating repression and the passage of an anti-democratic anti-protest law. Yanukovych proposed to appoint two leaders of the opposition, Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Vitali Klitschko, to the posts of prime minister and deputy prime minister respectively.
Yatsenyuk is a leader of the Batkivshchyna (Homeland) party, led by the imprisoned oligarch Julia Tymoshenko. A former head of the National Bank of Ukraine and foreign minister under the previous President Viktor Yushchenko, he is a firm advocate of the austerity policies demanded by the EU and IMF.
Former boxer Vitali Klitschko is the head of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance—a creation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its think tank, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation........................http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/01/27/ukra-j27.html
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Violence on part of Ukrainian protestors unacceptable - Russian diplomat ...
ReplyDeleteThe actions by "fighters for human rights" in Ukraine who are pelting police officers with Molotov cocktails and beating other citizens are unacceptable and require relevant assessment by international organizations, the Russian Foreign Ministry's Commissioner for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law Konstantin Dolgov said, the Voice of Russia correspondent Ksenya Melnikova reports.
"To fight for human rights by pelting representatives of law enforcement agencies with Molotov cocktails, by storming administrative buildings, by beating your fellow citizens, by causing violence in the streets of your own town - if that is a method of defending human rights, then this method must be assessed accordingly by the international community and international human rights groups," he said at a briefing on Monday.
"Such a method is absolutely unacceptable," the diplomat said.
Voice of Russia
Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_01_27/Violence-on-part-of-Ukrainian-protestors-unacceptable-Russian-diplomat-5441/
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Events in Ukraine pose threat to existence of country's independence - Party of Regions ....
ReplyDeleteThe Party of Regions has issued a statement saying it believes the recent events in Ukraine pose a threat to the existence of an independent Ukraine and demands that Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka conduct an immediate investigation into the activities by so-called people's radas.
"The attempts made by opposition leaders Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Vitaly Klitschko, and Oleh Tyagnibok to disassociate themselves from the actions taken by their supporters and the seizures of public administration bodies in the regions are clumsy attempts to avoid political, moral, and criminal responsibility for these actions. The people's rada they headed up on January 22 sends directives to the regions ordering self-proclaimed radas and committees to seize power," the Party of Regions press service said in its statement, which was released on Monday.
The Party of Regions believes that "the fascist youths' in the streets of Ukrainian cities are turning the country into a battlefield.
"The very existence of the independent Ukraine is in jeopardy now. Trying to carry out a coup, which will divide the country, they are not thinking about the life and future of millions of peaceful citizens who are not involved in this chaos," the statement says.
The Party of Regions is calling on all reasonable people and all political and public organizations to "manifest their civil stance and stand up to defend the constitutional system."
The party also asked the Ukrainian prosecutor general to "urgently conduct an investigation into the anti-constitutional actions taken by the so-called people's radas, give a legal evaluation, and prosecute the culprits in accordance with the legislation of Ukraine."
Klitschko fails to convince protesters to free Ukraine's Justice Ministry building
Leader of the opposition party Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform (UDAR) Vitaly Klitschko has failed to convince protesters to free the building of Ukraine's Justice Ministry, the party’s headquarters said.
"Radical members of the movement 'Spilna Sprava' (Common Cause) have ignored Klitschko's strong requests and arguments to free the ministry’s building at Gorodetsky Street," the headquarters reported.
Klitschko urges protesters to end occupation of Justice Ministry.........Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_01_27/Events-in-Ukraine-pose-threat-to-existence-of-independent-Ukraine-Party-of-Regions-0821/
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PM Azarov: Ukraine intends to sign projects with Russia shortly in different fields...
ReplyDeleteKIEV, January 27. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukraine intends to sign key contracts with Russia shortly in order to carry out joint projects in shipbuilding, aircraft building and other fields, Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov said in an interview with the Segodnya newspaper on Monday.
“Now we can tell people by taking a pause (in European integration) we’ve given an opportunity to solve trade and economic problems with Russia. This is very important for us,” Azarov said.
http://en.itar-tass.com/economy/716403
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Ukraine protesters leave justice ministry...
ReplyDeleteUkrainian anti-government protesters say they have left the justice ministry after the minister threatened to call for a state of emergency.
A spokesman for the protesters said they did not want to provoke the authorities.
A BBC correspondent says about 30 protesters remain outside the building and are refusing to let anyone in.
Unrest has spread across Ukraine, with protesters targeting municipal buildings across the country.
The protesters stormed the justice ministry building late on Sunday in a "symbolic act" to strip the authorities of justice............http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25914786
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Ukrainian government gets information on extremist attacks on pipelines, key facilities...
ReplyDeleteKIEV, January 27. /ITAR-TASS/. The Ukrainian government has information on extremist attacks on laying mines at gas pipelines and key facilities, Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara said.
However, the minister said the government “is not planning to impose a state of emergency”.
“Information says attacks can be made on the Central Post Office and on the building of Kiev regional state administration where the central election commission is headquartered. This would be very dangerous,” he said.
“Reports on gas pipelines mining and on the events at two Ukrainian nuclear power plants are rather fearsome. The government is ready to respond to them,” Kozhara said.
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/716487
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