Η Ουκρανία είναι μία «αδελφή χώρα» που βρίσκεται σε δυσχερή οικονομική και πολιτική κατάσταση για μία σειρά λόγων και αποτελεί υποχρέωση της Ρωσίας να την βοηθήσει, δήλωσε ο πρόεδρος της Ρωσίας Βλαντίμιρ Πούτιν κατά τη διάρκεια «μαραθώνειας», σύμφωνα με τα ρωσικά μέσα ενημέρωσης, ετήσιας συνέντευξης Τύπου που δίνει παρουσία εκατοντάδων Ρώσων και ξένων δημοσιογράφων στο Παγκόσμιο Κέντρο Εμπορίου στη Μόσχα .
Σε σχόλιο δημοσιογράφου για τη στάση της Ρωσίας, η οποία αφού «πίεσε» την Ουκρανία με την επιβολή υψηλών τιμών για το φυσικό αέριο, τώρα τις μειώνει, ο Ρώσος πρόεδρος απάντησε ότι η κυβέρνηση της Γιούλια Τιμόσενκο υπέγραψε με τη Ρωσία το συμβόλαιο για το φυσικό αέριο, «άρα, κανείς δεν πίεζε την Ουκρανία».
Ο Βλαντίμρ Πούτιν δήλωσε ότι η Μόσχα δεν έχει καμία αντίρρηση για μία στροφή της Ουκρανίας προς την Ευρώπη, αλλά η Ρωσία πρέπει να προστατεύσει τα συμφέροντά της. Διευκρινίζοντας ότι ο κύριος όγκος των εξαγωγών της Ουκρανίας προς τη Ρωσία αφορά αγροτικά προϊόντα, ο Ρώσος πρόεδρος δήλωσε ότι εάν η Ουκρανία ανοίξει τα σύνορά της προς την Ευρώπη, το ποσοστό των ουκρανικών αγροτικών προϊόντων που θα φθάσουν στις ευρωπαϊκές αγορές δεν θα αυξηθεί εξαιτίας των ποιοτικών ελέγχων και άλλων περιορισμών που επιβάλλει η Ευρωπαϊκή Ενωση.
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19/12/13
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EU leaders face moment of reflection over Ukraine debacle...
ReplyDelete(Reuters) - European leaders face a session of soul-searching and strategy planning over Ukraine at their year-end summit on Friday when they will discuss why Kiev rejected an EU free trade deal and took a bailout from Russia instead.
As well as weighing Ukraine's decision to turn away and what Europe might have done to prevent it, leaders will debate the message they want to send to swathes of Ukrainians now protesting against President Viktor Yanukovich's move.
They will also have to agree what line to take with Russia, which applied intense political and economic pressure on the former Soviet republic to spurn the EU deal. Russian President Vladimir Putin and the EU are due to hold talks in Brussels in late January.
Asked how the leaders' discussion was likely to go on Friday, one senior official involved in the talks said: "The goal will be to prevent a whole lot of Russia-bashing."
Yanukovich's rejection of the EU deal at a meeting with European leaders in Vilnius last month has already prompted some self-examination, including questions over whether the EU should have offered more money or potential membership to Ukraine as an inducement.............http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/19/us-eu-ukraine-idUSBRE9BI0S420131219?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
19/12/13
Accord Ukraine-UE: Lavrov fustige le "diktat" de Bruxelles...
ReplyDeleteLe ministre russe des Affaires étrangères Sergueï Lavrov, en visite en Pologne, a qualifié jeudi de "diktat" les tentatives de l'Union européenne d'imposer à l'Ukraine le choix en faveur de l'association, rapporte le correspondant de RIA Novosti à Varsovie.
"Nous ne cessons de répéter: que l'Ukraine fasse elle-même son choix, décidant de signer ou de ne pas signer (l'accord d'association, ndlr), et nous accepterons et respecterons son choix quel qu'il soit. Mais depuis tout ce temps, on entend d'autres paroles venant de Bruxelles. L'Ukraine est appelée à faire son choix libre en faveur de la signature de l'accord avec l'Union européenne. Mais ce n'est pas un choix, mais un diktat pur et simple", a déclaré M.Lavrov à l'issue de négociations avec son homologue polonais Radoslaw Sikorski.
Et d'ajouter qu'il était nécessaire de respecter les processus politiques en cours dans d'autres pays.
Depuis le 21 novembre dernier, l'Ukraine connaît une crise politique déclenchée par la décision des autorités de suspendre les négociations en vue de conclure un accord d'association avec l'Union européenne, qui a entraîné d'importantes manifestations populaires à Kiev et dans d'autres villes du pays.
Plusieurs personnalités politiques occidentales de premier plan, dont l'ex-ministre allemand des Affaires étrangères Guido Westerwelle et les sénateurs américains Christopher Murphy et John McCain, se sont rendues sur la Place de l'Indépendance à Kiev, épicentre de la contestation, pour exprimer leur soutien aux protestataires.
http://fr.ria.ru/world/20131219/200064964.html
19/12/13
EU Leaders to Discuss Bloc's Relations with Ukraine ....
ReplyDeleteWASHINGTON — European Union leaders plan to discuss the bloc's relations with Ukraine at an EU summit Friday in Brussels. This comes after the EU announced it was suspending talks on pacts with Ukraine's government following President Viktor Yanukovych decision last month against signing an association agreement with the bloc.
Protests have been growing in Ukraine since President Yanukovych set aside a long-anticipated trade deal with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.
On Thursday, thousands of demonstrators massed in Kyiv's Independence Square to denounce Yanukovych's outreach to Russia. They also criticized a $15 billion aid package he negotiated with Moscow to help his country's struggling economy.
Yana Honbar, an anti-government protester, called the package a "bad deal."
"Of course it's a bad deal. Firstly, it is just junk. The credit he has taken will not be used for people's needs. Secondly, we still don't know all the details, all the aspects of the deal. And thirdly, Yanukovych never took into consideration what's been happening on Maidan and is afraid of the word itself," said Honbar, referring to Kyiv’s Maidan, the local name for the square where the protests have been centered.
At a news conference Thursday, Yanukovych defended the aid package, saying it will not affect future integration with the EU.
He also criticized the West for supporting massive street protests calling for his ouster.
"It is very important, very important, it is an internal issue for u. And let no country interfere in our internal affairs. Let them not think they can be bosses here, whether on the Maidan or not! I am very seriously against the fact that someone can come to our country and teach us how to live," said Yanukovych.
Earlier this week, U.S. Senator John McCain visited Kyiv and assured protesters the EU and Ukraine will both benefit from forming ties with one another.
http://www.voanews.com/content/eu-leaders-to-discuss-blocs-relations-ukraine/1814236.html
20/12/13
Radical groups involved in the call for the overthrow of the government in Ukraine ...
ReplyDeleteProsecutor General Victor Pshonka declared of the involvement of members of radical groups in the call for the overthrow of the government in the country.
As noted by the prosecutor, when speaking in the Parliament, “radical groups have long been operating under the guise of various public organizations, including under the cover of sports organizations. They differ from other organizations by their powerful financing and by carrying out ideological unanimity and propagation of nationalism and incitement of ethnic hatred”. Victor Pshonka stressed that the Security Service of Ukraine is carrying out investigations into two criminal proceedings under Article 109 of the Criminal Code (actions aimed at forceful change or overthrow of the constitutional order or seizure of state power).
Read more: http://indian.ruvr.ru/news/2013_12_20/Radical-groups-involved-in-the-call-for-the-overthrow-of-the-government-in-Ukraine-5652/
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