Russia Wades In On The Crisis In Ukraine

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/T4iCpXvttH4" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Russia Warns West Against 'Illegitimate' Sanctions On Ukraine -- L.A. Times</b></span></div><br />MOSCOW -- Russian officials and Kremlin-influenced media stepped up their accusations Thursday that Western countries were fomenting the violence in Ukraine and warned that sanctions imposed by the United States and under consideration by the European Union were tantamount to “blackmail.”<br /><br />A truce between the Ukrainian government and opposition protest leaders fell apart hours after it was reached late Wednesday. Renewed fighting between police and protesters took at least 22 lives Thursday, bringing the death toll from three days of fiery clashes in Kiev to about 50 and possibly more, opposition sources reported. The Ukrainian Health Ministry said 35 were killed Thursday.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-ukraine-russia-warns-west-20140220,0,1129094.story#axzz2tseORMfW">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On Russian Reaction To The Ukraine Crisis</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/21/world/europe/Ukraine-Crisis-Diplomacy.html">Russia Denounces West’s Sanction Threats to Ukraine</a> -- New York Times/Reuters<br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/20/us-ukraine-russia-sanctions-idUSBREA1J0T820140220">Russia calls Western sanctions against Ukraine officials 'blackmail'</a> -- Reuters<br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304914204579394641654222958?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304914204579394641654222958.html">Russia Denounces Call for Early Ukraine Elections</a> -- Wall Street Journal<br /><a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/02/20/ukraine-russia-signal-idINL6N0LP21420140220">"Don't be doormat" Russia warns cash-starved Kiev</a> -- Reuters<br /><a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/International/2014/Feb-20/247959-putin-sending-mediator-to-ukraine-at-yanukovichs-request-russian-agencies.ashx#axzz2tsM7fGXR">Putin sending mediator to Ukraine at Yanukovich's request: Russian agencies</a> -- Daily Star/Reuters<br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20140220-710406.html">Russia Dispatched Rights Ombudsman to Negotiate End to Ukraine Violence</a> -- Wall Street Journal<br /><a href="http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-460843/">Russia Warns Ukraine on Further Financial Aid</a> -- Wall Street Journal<br /><a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/02/20/playing-the-ukrainian-card/">For Moscow, Ukraine is always ‘Little Russia’</a> -- Nina Khrushcheva, reuters<br /><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/2014/0220/Is-Ukraine-president-losing-the-Kremlin-s-confidence">Is Ukraine president losing the Kremlin's confidence?</a> -- Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor<br /><br /><b>My Comment: </b>I have trouble believing this news report .... <b><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ukraine-crisis/putin-has-no-time-watch-coverage-ukraine-turmoil-aide-n34651">Putin 'Has No Time' to Watch Coverage of Ukraine Turmoil: Aide</a></b> -- NBC

Russia Wades In On The Crisis In Ukraine

Russia Warns West Against 'Illegitimate' Sanctions On Ukraine -- L.A. Times MOSCOW -- Russian officials and Kremlin-influenced media...

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