Σε μια μαραθώνια τηλεφωνική επικοινωνία που διήρκησε μιάμισι ώρα, οι δυο ηγέτες συζήτησαν για την Ουκρανία, λίγο μετά την είδηση πως 15.000 Ρώσοι στρατιώτες βρίσκονται ήδη στην Κριμαία και έχουν λάβει θέσεις μάχης, περιμένοντας οδηγίες από τη Μόσχα.
Σύμφωνα με την ανακοίνωση στην επίσημη ιστοσελίδα του Κρεμλίνου, ο πρόεδρος Πούτιν ήταν σαφής: Η Μόσχα έχει κάθε δικαίωμα να προστατέψει τους ρωσόφωνους πολίτες αλλά και τα συμφέροντά της στην Ουκρανία.
«Ο Ρώσος πρόεδρος τόνισε ότι υπάρχουν πραγματικές απειλές για τη ζωή και την υγεία των Ρώσων πολιτών και των συμπατριωτών μας στην ουκρανική επικράτεια. Ο Βλαντιμίρ Πούτιν τόνισε ότι, αν η βία εξαπλωθεί στις ανατολικές περιοχές της Ουκρανίας και της Κριμαίας, η Ρωσία διατηρεί το δικαίωμα να προστατεύσει τα συμφέροντά της, αλλά και αυτά των Ρωσόφωνων, που ζουν εκεί», γράφει η ανακοίνωση του Κρεμλίνου.
Στις ανησυχίες που εξέφρασε ο Μπαράκ Ομπάμα σχετικά με τα σχέδια για την πιθανή χρήση των ενόπλων δυνάμεων της Ρωσίας σε ουκρανικά εδάφη, ο Πούτιν απάντησε εφιστώντας την προσοχή «στις προκλητικές και εγκληματικές ενέργειες από τους εξτρεμιστές και τους ακραίους εθνικιστές, που στην ουσία ενθαρρύνονται από τις σημερινές αρχές στο Κίεβο», όπως αναφέρεται στην ανακοίνωση του Κρεμλίνου.
Ο αμερικανός Πρόεδρος ζήτησε από τον Βλαντίμιρ Πούτιν την άμεση απόσυρση των ρωσικών στρατευμάτων από την Ουκρανία, ενώ του επεσήμανε πως «η ανάπτυξη στρατιωτών στη χερσόνησο αποτελεί παραβίαση του Διεθνούς Δικαίου».
Παράλληλα, ο Λευκός Οίκος γνωστοποίησε με ανακοίνωση πως οι ΗΠΑ δεν θα συμμετέχουν στις προπαρασκευαστικές συναντήσεις για την επερχόμενη Σύνοδο Κορυφής της ομάδας της G8 στο Σότσι της Ρωσίας.
«Η ουκρανική κυβέρνηση έχει καταστήσει σαφή την δέσμευσή της για την προστασία των δικαιωμάτων όλων των Ουκρανών πολιτών κι εμείς θα συνεχίσουμε να προτρέπουμε την νέα κυβέρνηση να τηρήσει τις διεθνείς δεσμεύσεις», αναφέρει στην ανακοίνωσή του ο Λευκός Οίκος.
Πάνω από 140 χιλιάδες Ουκρανοί έχουν ζητήσει άσυλο στη Ρωσία
Στο μεταξύ η Ομοσπονδιακή Υπηρεσία Μετανάστευσης της Ρωσίας αναφέρει ραγδαία αύξηση των αιτήσεων για άσυλο από ουκρανούς πολίτες τις τελευταίες μέρες. Σύμφωνα με την επικεφαλής της υπηρεσίας Βαλεντίνα Καζάκοβα, μόνο μέσα στις δύο τελευταίες εβδομάδες του Φεβρουαρίου έχουν υποβάλει αίτηση για άσυλο 143.000 άνθρωποι.
http://rbth.gr/news/2014/03/02
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