JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.
OTHER RUSSIA-UKRAINE NEWS I DONE
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http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/03/russian-troops-surround-ukraines-army.html
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http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/02/russia-troops-copters-in-crimea-and-kiev.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/02/watch-for-afghanistan-to-have-next-arab.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/02/is-this-ukraine-situation-beggining-of.html
THE RUSSIA - UKRAINE SITUATION AT 8:15AM TUE MAR 4,14
THE RUSSIAN STOCK MARKET YESTERDAY LOST OR DROPPED 11% AND $60 BILLION DOLLARS.INCREDIBLE.RUSSIA ALSO SENT 16,000 TROOPS INTO CRIMEA TO SURROUND THE CRIMEAN ARMY BASES YESTERDAY ALSO.AND YESTERDAY THE WEST THREATENED RUSSIA WITH ECONOMIC SANCTIONS.
TODAY REPORTS SAY WARNING SHOTS WERE FIRED AT BELBAR AIR FORCE BASE.BUT I SEEN NO WARNING SHOTS ON ANYBODY IN THE CRIMEA.THINGS SEEM CALM AS RUSSIA NEVER OVERTOOK ANY ARMY BASES AT THE 10PM-5AM IN UKRAINE SO CALLED SQUASH DEADLINE.JOHN KERRY IS NOW IN UKRAINE IN KIEV TO GIVE A BILLION DOLLAR LOAN TO THE KIEV GOVERNMENT.
KERRY SAYS THE UKRAINE IS VERY MOVING-DISTRESSING AS HE TOURS INDEPENDENCE SQUARE AT 8:34AM EST.
THE RUSSIA - UKRAINE SITUATION AT 9:25AM TUE MAR 4,14
NATO IS RESPONDING TO POLANDS REQUEST THAT POLAND IS WORRIED ABOUT THE UKRAINE SITUATION.AND A REPORT SAYS POLAND IS PUTTING TANKS AND TROOPS ON THE POLISH-UKRAINE BORDER IN CASE RUSSIA TRYS TO INVADE POLAND.
Poland Depolying Tanks to its Ukraine Border
Sunday, 02 March 2014 23:05-TURNER RADIO NETWORK
March 2, 2014 -- (TRN) -- While countries around the world are decrying Russia for invading Ukraine, Poland is saying NOTHING; but it is deploying TRAINLOADS of tanks and armored personnel carriers to its border with Ukraine. Poland vows it will never fall to Russia again. Video Below.The video below, taken in Poland today, shows armored personnel carriers driving on the streets, but more importantly, shows trainloads of tanks parked (night shot, hard to see, look across tracks) at a commuter rail station, and another trainload of tanks moving by rail toward the Polish border with Ukraine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KW0EqJDdGI
03 Mar. 2014-NATO
Secretary General announces North Atlantic Council to meet following Poland's request for Article 4 consultations.The North Atlantic Council, which includes the ambassadors of all 28 NATO Allies, will meet on Tuesday 4 March, following a request by Poland under article 4 of NATO's founding Washington Treaty.Under article 4 of the Treaty, any Ally can request consultations whenever, in the opinion of any of them, their territorial integrity, political independence or security is threatened.The developments in and around Ukraine are seen to constitute a threat to neighboring Allied countries and having direct and serious implications for the security and stability of the Euro-Atlantic area.
OANA LUNGESCU (NATO Spokesperson): Over there.
Q: Marco Galdi, ANSA, Secretary, is there any country that considered the option of demanding Article 4 activation because of the threat to the stability and peace in Europe that we have been referring as the initial down step? Thank you.
ANDERS FOGH RASMUSSEN: No one has requested to activate Article 4 at this stage. But obviously we have ongoing consultations. Actually, NATO Allies consult on a daily basis.
BIGGEST RUSSIAN OIL REFINERY ON FIRE/EXPLOSION IN TATARSTAN RUSSIA
http://englishrussia.com/2014/03/03/largest-oil-refinery-in-europe-is-on-fire/ (PICTURES)
THE RUSSIA - UKRAINE SITUATION AT 9:55AM TUE MAR 4,14
ITS SAID THE BLACK SEA FLEET ON THE RUSSIA-CRIMEA BORDER IS BLOCKING THE POSITION ON THE BOSPORUS STRAIT.AND ALSO A UKRAINIAN WARSHIP IS ON ITS WAY TO THE BLACK SEA CRIMEA STRAIT AREA.TURKEY HAS 8 F-16 PLANES WATCHING FROM THE BLACK SEA AREA IN TURKEY ARE ON HIGH ALERT .AND ALSO A TURKISH WAR SHIP IS IN THE STRAIT AREA .YESTERDAY AMERICA SAID IT WAS BRINGING ITS WARSHIP TO THE BLACK SEA.THINGS ARE HEATING UP IN THE CRIMEA/BLACK SEA BOSPORUS STRAIT AREA.FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
KERCH STRAIT WHAT RUSSIA WANTS TO BLOCK SO NO ENTRY OR EXITS WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION-srcsales.com
BOSPORUS STRAIT-RUSSIA WANTS CONTROL FROM THE BOSPORUS STRAIT TO THE KERCH STRAIT SO THEY CAN CONTROL THIS RUSSIA TO CRIMEA AREA.-vertexembalagens.com.br
THE RUSSIA - UKRAINE SITUATION AT 12:25PM TUE MAR 4,14
THERES BEEN A REPORT ON THE INTERNET THAT VIKTOR YANKUVYCH HAS DIED OF A HEART ATTACK LAST NIGHT IN RUSSIA.THE PROPAGANDA IS REALLY HEATING UP NOW.WORLDWIDE.
PUTIN COMMENTS ON UKRAINE
15:29
If it is a revolution in Ukraine, then a new state is going to appear on this territory, and we have signed no agreements with this new state, Putin says replying to a reporter who asked about the possible cooperation between Russia and the new Ukrainian gov't.
15:27
We would be ready to buy up more Ukrainian bonds, but our Western partners asked us not to do it and work together with the IMF to stimulate Kiev. The situation is balancing out, we need to show the people of the East and the South that they are secure and they are a part of political process, the President tells the reporters.
15:25
OSCE mission can be sent to Ukraine, but this issue need to be discussed with our partners, Putin says.
15:24
Summit contacts with the current Ukrainian leadership are impossible in the absence of a legitimately elected president in Ukraine, say the President. There is no partner for top-level contacts. There is no president there, and there will not be any pending general elections, Putin states.
15:21
Those who claim to be the interim power in Ukraine, I asked them why do you try to divide the country? They do not consult all the people of Ukraine. People should feel that their voices are being heard, Of course, this is none of our business, it is for Ukrainians to decide once the new parliament is elected. All the people have to be consulted. There must be a referendum, Putin says.
15:17
We will only be able to develop and re-establish close ties with Ukraine after the situation comes back to normal and the presidential election takes place, the Russian leader asserts.
15:16
Revocation of our Ambassador from DC is extreme measure, but we will use it if need be, says Putin.
15:13
Out Western partners are acting in Ukraine without understanding the consequences of their actions, Putin claims.
15:11
Talking about Yanukovych, Putin states that Russia excepted the Ukrainian President's request to enter Russia on humanitarian reasons.
15:09
If we make this decision, we will only make it in order to protect the Ukrainian people, says Putin.
15:08
We are not going to go to war with Ukrainian people, Putin reiterates.
15:07
How can the army shoot at their own people? Who can give such an order? - Putin asks the journalist in reponse to a question about the possibility of war.
15:05
We are not considering a possibility of annexing Crimea. It is up to local people to decide, says the Russian leader.
15:02
Putin reassures that the military forces in Crimea are self-defence forces, not Russian troops.
15:01
All threats against Russia are counterproductive, the damage will be mutual, Putin says with determination.
15:00
As for G8 summit, if our partners do not to come, it is their choice. We are always ready to welcome them in Sochi, Putin says.
14:59
Few words about sanctions. It is those who plan to intoduce those sanctions are those who should think about the consequences. Especially in the modern world, where everyone and everything is interconnected, the Russian President claims.
14:58
This is a humanitarian mission. We do not have a goal to dictate. But if we see that people's rights are violated we cannot afford to stand still, says Putin.
14:56
As for the G8 summit in Sochi, my telephone conversations with world leaders are confidential but I will mention some public statements they made. For instance, I asked our partners if they think everything they did in Lybia, Afghanistan, Syria had legal basis. Our partners in the US always determine their geopolitical goals and their national interests and if one does not agree with their position, they say 'either you're with us or against us'. Our position is different. We act from a completely legal basis, Putin argues.
14:54
Now, few words about the markets. Politics always have some effect on the market, but it should be a temporary thing, Putin reassures.
14:53
Deploying military force is last thing we’ll do, but we reserve right to do it, Putin states.
14:52
We percieve that we'll not be forced to do anything in Eastern Ukraine. We don't want to interfere, but we believe that Ukrainian citizens have the right to choose the future for their country, says Putin.
14:50
When Ukrainian people ask us for help we reserve the right to help them. We believe and we will believe that Ukraine is not only our closest neighbour, but it is our brotherly nation. I am convinced that both the Ukrainian and the Russian military personnel will not be defending the different sides of the barricades - they will be on the same side, Putin asserts.
14:47
So what could trigger the use of Russian military force in Ukraine? My major concern is the 'orgy' that is happening in Ukraine that involves nationalists and extremists, says the Russian President.
14:46
As for the military exercises in the Baltic, it is not connected to the Ukrainian crisis, Putin reassured.
14:46
The main thing is to give the people of Ukraine the right to decide their own fate, Putin announces.
14:45
I think that the interim authorities' decision to dissolve the constitutional court was illegal. How can you instruct someone to open criminal cases when you are not holding legitimate power? This goes on par with the European standards, Putin says.
14:44
Those who call themselves to be the legal power, they need to take part in shaping of the future of the country. Parliament is partially legitimate. Of course, the interim President is not a legitimate President. From the legal point of view, it is Mr Yanukovych who is the legal sovereign, argues the Russian leader.
14:42
The radicals wished to show off their power but they achieved the opposite results. Nothing changed to the better. Corruption went up to unprecedented levels, Putin states.
14:39
The Ukrainian coup is unconstitutional. This is armed seizure of power that no-one has challenged, Russian President says.
http://voiceofrussia.com/2014_03_04/Vladimir-Putin-gives-statement-on-Ukraine-crisis-LIVE-UPDATES-6676/
THE RUSSIA - UKRAINE SITUATION AT 12:25PM TUE MAR 4,14
ITS 2:23PM AND REPORTS HAVE IT RUSSIA TESTED 1 LONG RANGE INTERCONTINENTAL BALISTIC MISSLE. ONE SHOT AT A TARGET IN KHAKHSTAN.THIS EXPLAINS WHY PUTIN YESTERDAY PHONED BELERUS AND KHAKHSTAN.TO SET UP THIS TEST FIRE OF A MISSLE.THE U.S WAS NOTIFIED OF THE TEST BY RUSSIA IN ADVANCE.
Investors may continue to flee Russian stock market at open
Reuters-7 hours ago-MAR 4,14-Yahoonews
MOSCOW, March 4 (Reuters) - Russia's stock market, which lost nearly $60 billion on Monday, may fall further on Tuesday on escalating tensions over neighbouring Ukraine, analysts said on Tuesday, suggesting that the losses may be muted."There is potential for further losses, however not of course as it was yesterday when the market felt the first shock," said Alfa Bank economist Natalia Orlova.She said the stock market and the rouble could rise at the beginning of the session.The MICEX index of Russian shares tumbled 10.8 percent to close at 1,288.8 points and the dollar-denominated RTS .IRTS collapsed 12 percent to 1,115.1 points on Monday after President Vladimir Putin got parliamentary approval at the weekend to deploy troops into Ukraine if the situation worsened."The lack of certainty over further developments of the situation in Ukraine would continue to inflict downside pressure on the markets," Moscow-based Olma brokerage said in a morning note to clients."Capital flight from Russia-oriented funds will continue.".
Putin: Russia has right to use force in Ukraine
Associated Press-By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and TIM SULLIVAN 1 hour ago
mar 4,14-yAHOONEWS
MOSCOW (AP) — Accusing the West of encouraging an "unconstitutional coup" in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow reserves the right to use all means to protect Russians there. The Russian leader's first comments since Ukraine's fugitive president fled to Russia last month came just as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was flying to Kiev to meet with Ukraine's new government.Putin also declared that Western actions were driving Ukraine onto anarchy and warned that any sanctions the West places on Russia for its actions in Ukraine there will backfire.Tensions remained high Tuesday in Crimea, with troops loyal to Moscow firing warning shots to ward off protesting Ukrainian soldiers. Russia took over the peninsula on Saturday, placing its troops around the peninsula's ferry, military bases and border posts.Yet world markets seemed to recover from their fright over the situation in Ukraine, clawing back a large chunk of Monday's stock losses, while oil, gold, wheat and the Japanese yen have given back some of their gains."Confidence in equity markets has been restored as the standoff between Ukraine and Russia is no longer on red alert," David Madden, market analyst at IG, said Tuesday.Speaking from his residence outside Moscow, Putin said he still considers fugitive President Viktor Yanukovych to be Ukraine's leader and hopes that Russia won't need to use force in predominantly Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine.
"We aren't going to fight the Ukrainian people," Putin said, adding that the massive maneuvers he ordered last week had been planned earlier and were unrelated to the situation in Ukraine.Putin also insisted that the Russian military deployment in Ukraine's strategic region of Crimea has remained within the limits set by a bilateral agreement on a Russian military base there. He said Russia has no intentions of annexing Crimea, but insisted that its residents have the right to determine the region's status in a referendum set for this month.Earlier Tuesday, the Kremlin said Putin had ordered tens of thousands of Russian troops participating in military exercises near Ukraine's border to return to their bases. The massive military exercise in western Russia involving 150,000 troops, hundreds of tanks and dozens of aircraft was supposed to wrap up anyway, so it was not clear if Putin's move was an attempt to heed the West's call to de-escalate the crisis.Putin accused the West of using Yanukovych's decision in November to ditch a pact with the 28-nation European Union in favor of closer ties with Russia to encourage the months of protests that drove him from power and putting Ukraine on the verge of breakup."We have told them a thousand times: Why are you splitting the country?" he said.Yet he acknowledged that Yanukovych has no political future and Russia gave him shelter only to save his life. Ukraine's new government wants to put the fugitive leader on trial for the deaths of over 80 people during protests last month in Kiev.Ukraine's dire finances have been a key issue in the protests that drove Yanukovych from power.
On Tuesday, Russia's state-controlled natural gas giant Gazprom said it will cancel a price discount on gas it sells to Ukraine. Russia had offered the discount in December following Yanukovych's decision to ditch a pact with the European Union in favor of closer ties with Russia. Gazprom also said Ukraine owes it $1.5 billion.The new Ukrainian leadership in Kiev has accused Moscow of a military invasion in Crimea. The Kremlin, which does not recognize the new Ukrainian leadership, insists it made the move in order to protect Russian installations in Ukraine and its citizens living there.On Tuesday, pro-Russian troops who had taken control of the Belbek air base in Crimea fired warning shots into the air as around 300 Ukrainian soldiers, who previously manned the airfield, demanded their jobs back.About a dozen soldiers at the base warned the Ukrainians, who were marching unarmed, not to approach. They fired several warning shots into the air and said they would shoot the Ukrainians if they continued to march toward them.Ukrainians said the troops that have overtaken Belbek and other Ukrainian military bases across Crimea, but Putin denied it, saying they were self-defense forces answering the pro-Russian regional government.The shots reflected tensions running high in the Black Sea peninsula since Russian troops — estimated by Ukrainian authorities to be 16,000 strong —tightened their grip over the weekend on the Crimean peninsula, where Moscow's Black Sea Fleet is based.Ukraine has accused Russia of violating a bilateral agreement on conditions of a Russian lease of a naval base in Crimea that restricts troop movements, but Russia has argued it was acting within the terms of the deal.At the United Nations in New York, Russia's ambassador to the U.N., Vitaly Churkin, said Monday that Russia was entitled to deploy up to 25,000 troops in Crimea under the agreement. Churkin didn't specify how many Russian troops are now stationed in Crimea, but said "they are acting in a way they consider necessary to protect their facilities and prevent extremist actions."Russia is demanding the implementation of a Western-sponsored peace deal that Yanukovych signed with the opposition that set presidential elections for December. Russian envoy at those talks did not sign the deal. Yanukovych fled the capital hours after the deal was signed and ended up in Russia, and the Ukrainian parliament set the presidential vote for May 25.In Crimea, a supposed Russian ultimatum for two Ukrainian warships to surrender or be seized passed without action from either side, as the two ships remained anchored in the Crimean port of Sevastopol.In Brussels, meanwhile, the ambassadors of NATO's 28 member nations were to hold a second emergency meeting on Ukraine on Tuesday after Poland, which borders both Russia and Ukraine, invoked an article calling for consultations when a nation sees its "territorial integrity, political independence or security threatened."President Barack Obama has said Russia is "on the wrong side of history" in Ukraine and its actions violate international law. Obama said the U.S. was considering economic and diplomatic options that will isolate Russia, and called on Congress to work on an aid package for Ukraine.In return, Russia's agricultural oversight agency on Tuesday reversed its earlier decision to lift the ban on imports of U.S. pork. It said the existing U.S. system of checks don't guarantee its safety.The European Union's foreign ministers on Monday threatened Moscow with halting talks on visa liberalization and negotiations on further economic cooperation unless Russian troops on the Crimean peninsula pull back over the next three days.The bloc's 28 heads of state and government will hold an emergency meeting Thursday that will decide whether to impose sanctions against Russia if there is no de-escalation on the ground.Putin's economic advisor, Sergei Glazyev, says Russia can develop financial ties with other nations to offset any potential Western sanctions.___Ivan Sekretarev in Sevastopol and Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow contributed to this report.
OTHER RUSSIA-UKRAINE NEWS I DONE
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/03/watch-stock-markets-oil-today-from-this.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/03/russian-troops-surround-ukraines-army.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/03/russia-unanamously-approves-troops-in.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/02/russia-troops-copters-in-crimea-and-kiev.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/02/watch-for-afghanistan-to-have-next-arab.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/02/is-this-ukraine-situation-beggining-of.html
THE RUSSIA - UKRAINE SITUATION AT 8:15AM TUE MAR 4,14
THE RUSSIAN STOCK MARKET YESTERDAY LOST OR DROPPED 11% AND $60 BILLION DOLLARS.INCREDIBLE.RUSSIA ALSO SENT 16,000 TROOPS INTO CRIMEA TO SURROUND THE CRIMEAN ARMY BASES YESTERDAY ALSO.AND YESTERDAY THE WEST THREATENED RUSSIA WITH ECONOMIC SANCTIONS.
TODAY REPORTS SAY WARNING SHOTS WERE FIRED AT BELBAR AIR FORCE BASE.BUT I SEEN NO WARNING SHOTS ON ANYBODY IN THE CRIMEA.THINGS SEEM CALM AS RUSSIA NEVER OVERTOOK ANY ARMY BASES AT THE 10PM-5AM IN UKRAINE SO CALLED SQUASH DEADLINE.JOHN KERRY IS NOW IN UKRAINE IN KIEV TO GIVE A BILLION DOLLAR LOAN TO THE KIEV GOVERNMENT.
KERRY SAYS THE UKRAINE IS VERY MOVING-DISTRESSING AS HE TOURS INDEPENDENCE SQUARE AT 8:34AM EST.
THE RUSSIA - UKRAINE SITUATION AT 9:25AM TUE MAR 4,14
NATO IS RESPONDING TO POLANDS REQUEST THAT POLAND IS WORRIED ABOUT THE UKRAINE SITUATION.AND A REPORT SAYS POLAND IS PUTTING TANKS AND TROOPS ON THE POLISH-UKRAINE BORDER IN CASE RUSSIA TRYS TO INVADE POLAND.
Poland Depolying Tanks to its Ukraine Border
Sunday, 02 March 2014 23:05-TURNER RADIO NETWORK
March 2, 2014 -- (TRN) -- While countries around the world are decrying Russia for invading Ukraine, Poland is saying NOTHING; but it is deploying TRAINLOADS of tanks and armored personnel carriers to its border with Ukraine. Poland vows it will never fall to Russia again. Video Below.The video below, taken in Poland today, shows armored personnel carriers driving on the streets, but more importantly, shows trainloads of tanks parked (night shot, hard to see, look across tracks) at a commuter rail station, and another trainload of tanks moving by rail toward the Polish border with Ukraine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KW0EqJDdGI
03 Mar. 2014-NATO
Secretary General announces North Atlantic Council to meet following Poland's request for Article 4 consultations.The North Atlantic Council, which includes the ambassadors of all 28 NATO Allies, will meet on Tuesday 4 March, following a request by Poland under article 4 of NATO's founding Washington Treaty.Under article 4 of the Treaty, any Ally can request consultations whenever, in the opinion of any of them, their territorial integrity, political independence or security is threatened.The developments in and around Ukraine are seen to constitute a threat to neighboring Allied countries and having direct and serious implications for the security and stability of the Euro-Atlantic area.
OANA LUNGESCU (NATO Spokesperson): Over there.
Q: Marco Galdi, ANSA, Secretary, is there any country that considered the option of demanding Article 4 activation because of the threat to the stability and peace in Europe that we have been referring as the initial down step? Thank you.
ANDERS FOGH RASMUSSEN: No one has requested to activate Article 4 at this stage. But obviously we have ongoing consultations. Actually, NATO Allies consult on a daily basis.
BIGGEST RUSSIAN OIL REFINERY ON FIRE/EXPLOSION IN TATARSTAN RUSSIA
http://englishrussia.com/2014/03/03/largest-oil-refinery-in-europe-is-on-fire/ (PICTURES)
THE RUSSIA - UKRAINE SITUATION AT 9:55AM TUE MAR 4,14
ITS SAID THE BLACK SEA FLEET ON THE RUSSIA-CRIMEA BORDER IS BLOCKING THE POSITION ON THE BOSPORUS STRAIT.AND ALSO A UKRAINIAN WARSHIP IS ON ITS WAY TO THE BLACK SEA CRIMEA STRAIT AREA.TURKEY HAS 8 F-16 PLANES WATCHING FROM THE BLACK SEA AREA IN TURKEY ARE ON HIGH ALERT .AND ALSO A TURKISH WAR SHIP IS IN THE STRAIT AREA .YESTERDAY AMERICA SAID IT WAS BRINGING ITS WARSHIP TO THE BLACK SEA.THINGS ARE HEATING UP IN THE CRIMEA/BLACK SEA BOSPORUS STRAIT AREA.FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
KERCH STRAIT WHAT RUSSIA WANTS TO BLOCK SO NO ENTRY OR EXITS WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION-srcsales.com
BOSPORUS STRAIT-RUSSIA WANTS CONTROL FROM THE BOSPORUS STRAIT TO THE KERCH STRAIT SO THEY CAN CONTROL THIS RUSSIA TO CRIMEA AREA.-vertexembalagens.com.brTHE RUSSIA - UKRAINE SITUATION AT 12:25PM TUE MAR 4,14
THERES BEEN A REPORT ON THE INTERNET THAT VIKTOR YANKUVYCH HAS DIED OF A HEART ATTACK LAST NIGHT IN RUSSIA.THE PROPAGANDA IS REALLY HEATING UP NOW.WORLDWIDE.
PUTIN COMMENTS ON UKRAINE
15:29
If it is a revolution in Ukraine, then a new state is going to appear on this territory, and we have signed no agreements with this new state, Putin says replying to a reporter who asked about the possible cooperation between Russia and the new Ukrainian gov't.
15:27
We would be ready to buy up more Ukrainian bonds, but our Western partners asked us not to do it and work together with the IMF to stimulate Kiev. The situation is balancing out, we need to show the people of the East and the South that they are secure and they are a part of political process, the President tells the reporters.
15:25
OSCE mission can be sent to Ukraine, but this issue need to be discussed with our partners, Putin says.
15:24
Summit contacts with the current Ukrainian leadership are impossible in the absence of a legitimately elected president in Ukraine, say the President. There is no partner for top-level contacts. There is no president there, and there will not be any pending general elections, Putin states.
15:21
Those who claim to be the interim power in Ukraine, I asked them why do you try to divide the country? They do not consult all the people of Ukraine. People should feel that their voices are being heard, Of course, this is none of our business, it is for Ukrainians to decide once the new parliament is elected. All the people have to be consulted. There must be a referendum, Putin says.
15:17
We will only be able to develop and re-establish close ties with Ukraine after the situation comes back to normal and the presidential election takes place, the Russian leader asserts.
15:16
Revocation of our Ambassador from DC is extreme measure, but we will use it if need be, says Putin.
15:13
Out Western partners are acting in Ukraine without understanding the consequences of their actions, Putin claims.
15:11
Talking about Yanukovych, Putin states that Russia excepted the Ukrainian President's request to enter Russia on humanitarian reasons.
15:09
If we make this decision, we will only make it in order to protect the Ukrainian people, says Putin.
15:08
We are not going to go to war with Ukrainian people, Putin reiterates.
15:07
How can the army shoot at their own people? Who can give such an order? - Putin asks the journalist in reponse to a question about the possibility of war.
15:05
We are not considering a possibility of annexing Crimea. It is up to local people to decide, says the Russian leader.
15:02
Putin reassures that the military forces in Crimea are self-defence forces, not Russian troops.
15:01
All threats against Russia are counterproductive, the damage will be mutual, Putin says with determination.
15:00
As for G8 summit, if our partners do not to come, it is their choice. We are always ready to welcome them in Sochi, Putin says.
14:59
Few words about sanctions. It is those who plan to intoduce those sanctions are those who should think about the consequences. Especially in the modern world, where everyone and everything is interconnected, the Russian President claims.
14:58
This is a humanitarian mission. We do not have a goal to dictate. But if we see that people's rights are violated we cannot afford to stand still, says Putin.
14:56
As for the G8 summit in Sochi, my telephone conversations with world leaders are confidential but I will mention some public statements they made. For instance, I asked our partners if they think everything they did in Lybia, Afghanistan, Syria had legal basis. Our partners in the US always determine their geopolitical goals and their national interests and if one does not agree with their position, they say 'either you're with us or against us'. Our position is different. We act from a completely legal basis, Putin argues.
14:54
Now, few words about the markets. Politics always have some effect on the market, but it should be a temporary thing, Putin reassures.
14:53
Deploying military force is last thing we’ll do, but we reserve right to do it, Putin states.
14:52
We percieve that we'll not be forced to do anything in Eastern Ukraine. We don't want to interfere, but we believe that Ukrainian citizens have the right to choose the future for their country, says Putin.
14:50
When Ukrainian people ask us for help we reserve the right to help them. We believe and we will believe that Ukraine is not only our closest neighbour, but it is our brotherly nation. I am convinced that both the Ukrainian and the Russian military personnel will not be defending the different sides of the barricades - they will be on the same side, Putin asserts.
14:47
So what could trigger the use of Russian military force in Ukraine? My major concern is the 'orgy' that is happening in Ukraine that involves nationalists and extremists, says the Russian President.
14:46
As for the military exercises in the Baltic, it is not connected to the Ukrainian crisis, Putin reassured.
14:46
The main thing is to give the people of Ukraine the right to decide their own fate, Putin announces.
14:45
I think that the interim authorities' decision to dissolve the constitutional court was illegal. How can you instruct someone to open criminal cases when you are not holding legitimate power? This goes on par with the European standards, Putin says.
14:44
Those who call themselves to be the legal power, they need to take part in shaping of the future of the country. Parliament is partially legitimate. Of course, the interim President is not a legitimate President. From the legal point of view, it is Mr Yanukovych who is the legal sovereign, argues the Russian leader.
14:42
The radicals wished to show off their power but they achieved the opposite results. Nothing changed to the better. Corruption went up to unprecedented levels, Putin states.
14:39
The Ukrainian coup is unconstitutional. This is armed seizure of power that no-one has challenged, Russian President says.
http://voiceofrussia.com/2014_03_04/Vladimir-Putin-gives-statement-on-Ukraine-crisis-LIVE-UPDATES-6676/
THE RUSSIA - UKRAINE SITUATION AT 12:25PM TUE MAR 4,14
ITS 2:23PM AND REPORTS HAVE IT RUSSIA TESTED 1 LONG RANGE INTERCONTINENTAL BALISTIC MISSLE. ONE SHOT AT A TARGET IN KHAKHSTAN.THIS EXPLAINS WHY PUTIN YESTERDAY PHONED BELERUS AND KHAKHSTAN.TO SET UP THIS TEST FIRE OF A MISSLE.THE U.S WAS NOTIFIED OF THE TEST BY RUSSIA IN ADVANCE.
Investors may continue to flee Russian stock market at open
Reuters-7 hours ago-MAR 4,14-Yahoonews
MOSCOW, March 4 (Reuters) - Russia's stock market, which lost nearly $60 billion on Monday, may fall further on Tuesday on escalating tensions over neighbouring Ukraine, analysts said on Tuesday, suggesting that the losses may be muted."There is potential for further losses, however not of course as it was yesterday when the market felt the first shock," said Alfa Bank economist Natalia Orlova.She said the stock market and the rouble could rise at the beginning of the session.The MICEX index of Russian shares tumbled 10.8 percent to close at 1,288.8 points and the dollar-denominated RTS .IRTS collapsed 12 percent to 1,115.1 points on Monday after President Vladimir Putin got parliamentary approval at the weekend to deploy troops into Ukraine if the situation worsened."The lack of certainty over further developments of the situation in Ukraine would continue to inflict downside pressure on the markets," Moscow-based Olma brokerage said in a morning note to clients."Capital flight from Russia-oriented funds will continue.".
Putin: Russia has right to use force in Ukraine
Associated Press-By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and TIM SULLIVAN 1 hour ago
mar 4,14-yAHOONEWS
MOSCOW (AP) — Accusing the West of encouraging an "unconstitutional coup" in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow reserves the right to use all means to protect Russians there. The Russian leader's first comments since Ukraine's fugitive president fled to Russia last month came just as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was flying to Kiev to meet with Ukraine's new government.Putin also declared that Western actions were driving Ukraine onto anarchy and warned that any sanctions the West places on Russia for its actions in Ukraine there will backfire.Tensions remained high Tuesday in Crimea, with troops loyal to Moscow firing warning shots to ward off protesting Ukrainian soldiers. Russia took over the peninsula on Saturday, placing its troops around the peninsula's ferry, military bases and border posts.Yet world markets seemed to recover from their fright over the situation in Ukraine, clawing back a large chunk of Monday's stock losses, while oil, gold, wheat and the Japanese yen have given back some of their gains."Confidence in equity markets has been restored as the standoff between Ukraine and Russia is no longer on red alert," David Madden, market analyst at IG, said Tuesday.Speaking from his residence outside Moscow, Putin said he still considers fugitive President Viktor Yanukovych to be Ukraine's leader and hopes that Russia won't need to use force in predominantly Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine.
"We aren't going to fight the Ukrainian people," Putin said, adding that the massive maneuvers he ordered last week had been planned earlier and were unrelated to the situation in Ukraine.Putin also insisted that the Russian military deployment in Ukraine's strategic region of Crimea has remained within the limits set by a bilateral agreement on a Russian military base there. He said Russia has no intentions of annexing Crimea, but insisted that its residents have the right to determine the region's status in a referendum set for this month.Earlier Tuesday, the Kremlin said Putin had ordered tens of thousands of Russian troops participating in military exercises near Ukraine's border to return to their bases. The massive military exercise in western Russia involving 150,000 troops, hundreds of tanks and dozens of aircraft was supposed to wrap up anyway, so it was not clear if Putin's move was an attempt to heed the West's call to de-escalate the crisis.Putin accused the West of using Yanukovych's decision in November to ditch a pact with the 28-nation European Union in favor of closer ties with Russia to encourage the months of protests that drove him from power and putting Ukraine on the verge of breakup."We have told them a thousand times: Why are you splitting the country?" he said.Yet he acknowledged that Yanukovych has no political future and Russia gave him shelter only to save his life. Ukraine's new government wants to put the fugitive leader on trial for the deaths of over 80 people during protests last month in Kiev.Ukraine's dire finances have been a key issue in the protests that drove Yanukovych from power.
On Tuesday, Russia's state-controlled natural gas giant Gazprom said it will cancel a price discount on gas it sells to Ukraine. Russia had offered the discount in December following Yanukovych's decision to ditch a pact with the European Union in favor of closer ties with Russia. Gazprom also said Ukraine owes it $1.5 billion.The new Ukrainian leadership in Kiev has accused Moscow of a military invasion in Crimea. The Kremlin, which does not recognize the new Ukrainian leadership, insists it made the move in order to protect Russian installations in Ukraine and its citizens living there.On Tuesday, pro-Russian troops who had taken control of the Belbek air base in Crimea fired warning shots into the air as around 300 Ukrainian soldiers, who previously manned the airfield, demanded their jobs back.About a dozen soldiers at the base warned the Ukrainians, who were marching unarmed, not to approach. They fired several warning shots into the air and said they would shoot the Ukrainians if they continued to march toward them.Ukrainians said the troops that have overtaken Belbek and other Ukrainian military bases across Crimea, but Putin denied it, saying they were self-defense forces answering the pro-Russian regional government.The shots reflected tensions running high in the Black Sea peninsula since Russian troops — estimated by Ukrainian authorities to be 16,000 strong —tightened their grip over the weekend on the Crimean peninsula, where Moscow's Black Sea Fleet is based.Ukraine has accused Russia of violating a bilateral agreement on conditions of a Russian lease of a naval base in Crimea that restricts troop movements, but Russia has argued it was acting within the terms of the deal.At the United Nations in New York, Russia's ambassador to the U.N., Vitaly Churkin, said Monday that Russia was entitled to deploy up to 25,000 troops in Crimea under the agreement. Churkin didn't specify how many Russian troops are now stationed in Crimea, but said "they are acting in a way they consider necessary to protect their facilities and prevent extremist actions."Russia is demanding the implementation of a Western-sponsored peace deal that Yanukovych signed with the opposition that set presidential elections for December. Russian envoy at those talks did not sign the deal. Yanukovych fled the capital hours after the deal was signed and ended up in Russia, and the Ukrainian parliament set the presidential vote for May 25.In Crimea, a supposed Russian ultimatum for two Ukrainian warships to surrender or be seized passed without action from either side, as the two ships remained anchored in the Crimean port of Sevastopol.In Brussels, meanwhile, the ambassadors of NATO's 28 member nations were to hold a second emergency meeting on Ukraine on Tuesday after Poland, which borders both Russia and Ukraine, invoked an article calling for consultations when a nation sees its "territorial integrity, political independence or security threatened."President Barack Obama has said Russia is "on the wrong side of history" in Ukraine and its actions violate international law. Obama said the U.S. was considering economic and diplomatic options that will isolate Russia, and called on Congress to work on an aid package for Ukraine.In return, Russia's agricultural oversight agency on Tuesday reversed its earlier decision to lift the ban on imports of U.S. pork. It said the existing U.S. system of checks don't guarantee its safety.The European Union's foreign ministers on Monday threatened Moscow with halting talks on visa liberalization and negotiations on further economic cooperation unless Russian troops on the Crimean peninsula pull back over the next three days.The bloc's 28 heads of state and government will hold an emergency meeting Thursday that will decide whether to impose sanctions against Russia if there is no de-escalation on the ground.Putin's economic advisor, Sergei Glazyev, says Russia can develop financial ties with other nations to offset any potential Western sanctions.___Ivan Sekretarev in Sevastopol and Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow contributed to this report.
