Tag: Russia

On tvp.info Tomasz Czuwara talked about the EU ultimatum for the Russian Federation.

The signing the Economical section of the Association Agreement with the EU may imply a resurgence in trade wars with Russia. On 18 June, 2014, Putin stated that in this case it would be impossible to continue with zero-rate import customs duties for Ukrainian products.

Russia is the main external source of redeployment of militants and weapons (including heavy armament – tanks, armoured personnel carriers, multiple grad rocket launchers) into the territory of Ukraine.

The portal informs of a protest in front of the Russian embassy, organised among others by the Open Dialogue Foundation. The picket was organised on Russia’s National Day.

News about a picket in front of the Russian embassy in Warsaw, organised amongst others, by the Open Dialogue Foundation, was published by the Internet portal regionalna.tvp.pl.

Radio News Agency publishes a telegram informing of a protest in front of the Russian embassy in Warsaw, organised – among others – by the Open Dialogue Foundation.

The Internet portal wpolityce.pl published information on the protest organised at the French embassy by the Open Dialogue Foundation and Euromaidan Warsaw.

The annexation of the Crimea must lead either to the total global isolation of Russia with effective sanctions, and then will we witness a sharp about-turn and the Crimea will be transferred back to Ukraine, when it restores its sovereignty.

Russian special forces provoke a large-scale military conflict in Europe

The Russian Federation and other authoritarian regimes in Europe and Asia have abused Interpol mechanisms in order to oppress political opponents, using Ukraine as an agent to issue requests for the extradition of political activists.

The Government of Ukraine is actively discussing the topic of FDPs who were forced to leave the occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (ARC), declaring a readiness to provide them with legal and material assistance.

On 1 April, 2014, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is to vote on the adoption of the Law ‘On the rights and freedoms of citizens in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine’.

Flags of the Russian Federation are hoisted in all military facilities in the Crimea. Ukrainian servicemen are leaving the territory of the peninsula. Negotiations are also being carried out regarding an unimpeded withdrawal of logistics (including weapons and ships).

Several Ukrainian activists and journalists have been kidnapped in the Crimea by so-called ‘vigilantes’ and representatives of the ‘Crimean Self-defence Forces’. Their whereabouts remain unknown.

The Russian Federation has blatantly violated the law and international agreements by committing an unprovoked aggression on the territory of Ukraine. The violation of the territorial integrity of the Ukrainian state must cause a strong response from the European Union and the Western world.