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More than 100,000 demonstrators have chased away police to rally in
the centre of Ukraine's capital, defying a government ban on protests in
Independence Square, in the biggest show of anger over the president's
refusal to sign an agreement with the European Union.Chants of "revolution'' resounded across a sea of EU and Ukrainian flags on the square, where the government had prohibited rallies starting on Sunday.
A group of protesters used a tractor to try to break through police lines near the office of President Viktor Yanukovich, eyewitnesses said.
The approach to the entrance to the presidential administration building was blocked by a line of buses as well as several metal barriers.
Opposition leader Vitaly Klitschko, addressing the protesters, called on Yanukovich and his government to resign, saying they had "stolen" Ukraine's dream of European integration.
'They stole the dream'
"The government and the president should resign," said the heavyweight boxing champion turned opposition politician.
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"They stole the dream. If this government does not want to fulfill the will of the people, then there will be no such government, there will be no such president. There will be a new government and a new president," he said to cheering crowds.
The opposition rally, by far the biggest seen in the Ukrainian capital since the Orange Revolution nine years ago, came a day after a police crackdown on protesters which inflamed demonstrators further after Yanukovich's U-turn on Europe.
In a bid to defuse tensions ahead of the rally, Yanukovich issued a statement saying he would do everything in his power to speed up Ukraine's moves toward the European Union.
In a sea of blue and gold, the colours of both the EU and Ukrainian flags, protesters flooded the streets of central Kiev, angered by Yanukovich's decision last month to forego signing a landmark EU deal in favour of closer ties with Kiev's former Soviet master, Russia.
"We are furious,'' said Mykola Sapronov, a 62-year-old retired businessman. "The leaders must resign. We want Europe and freedom.''
'We will respond'
The crowds then moved on to Independence Square, the site of the pro-EU rally that police violently broke up on Saturday.
The interior minister warned that police would respond to any disorder and said Ukraine had no place among the ranks of countries like Libya or Tunisia, where popular uprisings overthrew old guard leadership.
"If there are any calls to disorder, we will respond," Interfax reported Interior Minister Vitaly Zakharchenko as saying.
But riot police, who had sealed off part of Independence Square following Saturday's crackdown, withdrew as the marchers approached the square.
Sunday's rally also marked the anniversary of a 1991 referendum that ushered in Ukraine's independence from the then-crumbling Soviet Union.
aljazeera.com
1/12/13
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Τιμωρία όσων ευθύνονται για τη βία, υπόσχεται ο Γιανούκοβιτς
Η ΕΕ καταδικάζει την υπερβολική χρήση βίας στο Κίεβο...
Με αρχηγείο εθνικής αντίστασης απαντά η αντιπολίτευση. -ΤΕΤΑΜΕΝΗ Η ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΟΥΚΡΑΝΙΑ
Ουκρανία: Οι πραγματικοί λόγοι που δεν υπογράφτηκε η σύνδεση με την Ε.Ε.
- Pro-EU protesters in Ukraine storm Kiev city hall
Several hundred thousand people took to the streets of Ukraine’s capital Kiev amid heightening tensions on Sunday to protest against President Viktor Yanukovich’s decision to forego signing a landmark deal with the European Union.
Clashes broke out in the Ukrainian capital on Sunday as protesters stormed the Kiev mayor’s office in the biggest display of anger over the president's refusal to sign an agreement with the European Union.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters defied a government ban on public rallies to mass on Kiev’s Independence Square on Sunday, demanding that President Viktor Yanukovich resign.
Police initially allowed the demonstration to rally peacefully, but when a few thousand protesters tried to storm the nearby presidential administration building, riot police used tear gas and truncheons to drive them back. Dozens of people with what appeared to be head injuries were taken away by ambulance.
The interior ministry said the confrontation was initiated by about 200 people wearing masks tried to break through police lines with garbage truck and also used gas against police.
Prominent opposition leaders issued calls for calm as protesters broke windows of the city council offices to get into the building.
Opposition leader Vitaly Klitschko, a world boxing champion and a likely candidate in the 2015 presidential race, denounced the attempt to storm the president's office as an effort to provoke the government into declaring a state of emergency. But he also called for everyone to stay on the square in a peaceful protest.
The protest comes amid heightened tensions in the country after police used force to break up a pro-EU demonstration at the same square in the early hours of Saturday morning.
While Yanukovich said that he was “deeply outraged” by the violence, his interior minister, Vitaly Zakharchenko, warned that police would respond if there were any mass disturbances during Sunday’s demonstration.
Unprecedented crackdown
Saturday’s violence, in which police used stun grenades and batons against mostly young and peaceful protesters, was unprecedented in Kiev and attracted sharp criticism domestically and abroad.
“I want my children to live in a country where they don’t beat young people,” said Andrey, 33, the manager of a large firm, who declined to give his surname for fear of reprisals against him.
“I am glad we woke up after a ten year nap,” he said referring to the 2004-5 Orange Revolution, co-led by now jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, which thwarted Yanukovich’s first run at the presidency.
In an effort to defuse tensions ahead of Sunday’s demonstration, Yanukovich issued a statement saying he would do everything in his power to accelerate the process of moving Ukraine closer to the European Union. He also repeated the need to balance Ukraine’s European integration with its own national interests.
“Ukraine has made its own geopolitical choice. We are a European people and our path has been historically determined. But at the same time, according to my deep conviction, our government should integrate into an association of European nations as an equal partner to be respected,” Yanukovich said.
Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said in a televised interview late on Saturday that Yanukovich would travel to Moscow to work on a ‘roadmap’ for new economic cooperation after a planned trip to China on Dec 3-6, though he gave no dates.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP, REUTERS)
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La violencia se dispara en la marcha de los opositores proeuropeos en Kiev....
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήUn grupo de radicales encapuchados ocupa el Ayuntamiento mientras ante la sede de la presidencia tiene lugar una batalla campal entre fuerzas del orden y manifestantes.
Una verdadera marea humana formada por centenares de miles de personas ha salido a la calle este domingo en Kiev para pedir el cese del presidente Víctor Yanukóvich y el Gobierno de Mikola Azárov, la tarea que figura en primer lugar en la lista de prioridades de la multitud que presiona por la integración europea de Ucrania en la plaza de la Independencia de la capital, un lugar simbólico que fue en 2004 el escenario pacífico de la Revolución Naranja.
Ni las autoridades ni los líderes de la oposición garantizan el orden en la ciudad que depende del sentido común y la racionalidad tanto de los manifestantes como de la policía. A la hora de escribir estas líneas ante la sede de la presidencia tenía lugar una verdadera batalla campal entre fuerzas del orden y manifestantes. Al menos cien policías han resultado heridos en los choques. El jefe de policía de Kiev ha dimitido por "el excesivo uso de la fuerza".
La alcaldía de Kiev había prohibido concentrarse en la plaza de la Independencia y organizar manifestaciones en el centro, pero esta prohibición se convirtió en papel mojado ante la riada humana en la que los residentes en la capital se mezclaban con la numerosa gente venida de provincias. Los manifestantes acabaron ocupando el gigantesco árbol de Navidad que fue emplazado ahí tras la carga policial en la madrugada del sábado. Sobre la multitud ondeaban las banderas de los partidos de la oposición, “Patria”, el partido de la encarcelada ex primera ministra Yulia Timoshenko, UDAR, el partido de Vitali Klichkó, y Svoboda, el partido nacionalista originario de las regiones del Oeste que está fortaleciéndose a ojos vistas en Kiev............................http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2013/12/01/actualidad/1385902447_107355.html
1/12/13
Kiev : les manifestants prennent la mairie, des dizaines de blessés...
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήLes manifestations se durcissent en Ukraine. Des centaines de milliers de personnes dénoncent la décision du président Viktor Ianoukovitch de ne pas signer un accord de partenariat et de libre échange avec l'Union européenne. Samedi, à Kiev, les manifestants ont été violemment évacués par les forces de l'ordre de la place de l'Indépendance. Sans atteindre leur détermination.
Dimanche 1er décembre, plus de 100 000 personnes se sont réunies, dans le centre de la capitale ukrainienne, agitant des drapeaux bleus et jaunes aux couleurs de l'Ukraine et de l'Union européenne.
Selon un journaliste de l'AFP sur Twitter, des milliers de manifestants ont convergé vers le centre et se sont rendus sur la place de l'Indépendance..............http://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/europe/nouvelle-manifestation-pro-europeenne-a-kiev-plus-de-100-000-personnes-reunies_471926.html#xtor=RSS-3-[lestitres]
1/12/13
Ukraine: «Révolution !», «Kiev, lève-toi !»...
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήDes incidents ont fait au moins une centaine de blessés dimanche à Kiev en marge d’une manifestation pro-européenne de plus de 100 000 personnes, dont les leaders ont appelé à tenir jusqu’à la démission du président Viktor Ianoukovitch.
Des manifestants ont par ailleurs pris le contrôle dimanche des locaux de la mairie de Kiev lors de la manifestation de l’opposition dans la capitale, selon une porte-parole de la police de Kiev.
Des affrontements dans le quartier gouvernemental, proche de la place de l’Indépendance où avait lieu la manifestation, ont fait une centaine de blessés parmi les policiers, a indiqué une porte-parole de la police à l’AFP
Ces affrontements sont notamment survenus devant le siège de l’administration présidentielle, gardé par les forces spéciales, et que plusieurs centaines de jeunes gens masqués ou cagoulés ont tenté de prendre d’assaut.
Les forces spéciales ont utilisé à plusieurs reprises des grenades assourdissantes et des gaz contre ces assaillants qui avaient amené un bulldozer, apparemment pour forcer l’entrée du bâtiment.
L'opposition nie tout lien avec ces incidents......http://www.liberation.fr/monde/2013/12/01/l-opposition-ukrainienne-appelle-a-descendre-la-rue_963316?xtor=rss-450
1/12/13
Ukraine Police Chief Apologizes for Violence, Warns Against Disorder......
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήKIEV, December 1 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine's interior minister has apologized to Ukrainians over the police crackdown on pro-EU protesters in downtown Kiev but warned against mass disturbances, the UNIAN news agency said Sunday.
“I want to apologize for the excessive use of force on the night of November 30 in Independence Square,” Vitaly Zakharchenko told session of the Interior Ministry Board Sunday.
The minister warned thousands of protesters, starting a new rally in Kiev's Independence Square, the scene of violent crackdown on protesters Saturday, that police would respond.
“If there are calls for mass disturbances, then we will react to this harshly,” Zakharchenko said. “Can Ukraine have a bloody war? Do we want to go the way of Tunisia or Libya?” he was quoted by UNIAN as saying.
Meanwhile, protesters in Kiev have ruined a police fence around the Christmas tree and put the Ukrainian flag on top of it. Police were not spotted at the scene, a RIA Novosti reporter said.
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka sided with protesters who were dispersed by riot police Saturday saying: “People were in [Independence Square] legally. This is their constitutional right and the primary task of law enforcement bodies was to ensure that they can exercise their right.”
He called to investigate the use of force by riot police and to check the reports of provocation by people “who were behind the back of peaceful citizens.”
Kiev police chief Valery Koryak, who said he had given the order to send riot police to disperse the protest, handed in his resignation Sunday, the report said citing a police source.
http://en.ria.ru/world/20131201/185191447/Ukraine-Police-Chief-Apologizes-for-Violence-Warns-Against-Disorder.html
1/12/13
Ukraine: Protestaktion vor dem Präsidentensitz auseinandergejagt...
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήSpezialeinheiten der ukrainischen Polizei haben am Sonntag eine Protestaktion vor dem Amtssitz des Präsidenten Viktor Janukowitsch in Kiew auseinandergejagt.
Die Polizisten gingen mit Schlagstöcken gegen die Demonstranten vor. Es gibt Verletzte.
Eine mehrere tausend Teilnehmer zählende Kundgebung gegen die Politik der ukrainischen Führung, die die Vorbereitungen für die Assoziierung mit der Europäischen Union gestoppt hatte, fand am Sonntag auf dem Unabhängigkeitsplatz (Maidan Nesaleschnosti) in Kiew statt.
Laut Medienberichten wurde versucht, den Amtssitz des Präsidenten zu stürmen. Gruppen von Oppositionellen sind inzwischen in das Oberbürgermeisteramt und das Gewerkschaftshaus eindringen.
http://de.ria.ru/politics/20131201/267392893.html
1/12/13
Poland, Sweden Rap Russia Over Position on Ukraine-EU Deal....
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήMOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) – The foreign ministers of Poland and Sweden condemned Russia on Sunday for putting pressure on Ukraine not to sign a series of agreements that would bring it closer to the EU.
Ukraine stunned EU leaders last month by announcing it was suspending the signing of free trade and association agreements with the EU after months of Russia warning its neighbor not to sign them. The announcement sparked massive public protests in cities around Ukraine that continued through the weekend.
“We are impressed that so many Ukrainians are braving the cold to protest their president’s abrupt decision to withdraw from signing the Association Agreement with the European Union,” Poland’s Radoslaw Sikorski and Sweden’s Carl Bildt, who together initiated the EU’s Eastern Partnership under which the deals were to have been signed last week, said in a joint statement.
The foreign ministers repeated European Commission President Jose Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy’s earlier condemnation of Russia, saying they “strongly disapprove of the Russian position and actions.”
Sikorski and Bildt said the EU remained prepared to sign the agreement “as soon as President [Viktor] Yanukovych is ready to do so,” but warned that they would not “be drawn into a meaningless bidding war over Ukraine’s future,” an apparent reference to proposals from Russia for trilateral negotiations over the issue.
Ukraine’s foreign minister Leonid Kozhara told Ukrainian TV channel 1+1 on Sunday that a delegation would head to Brussels this week for talks on the issue of the EU agreements. He did not elaborate on the format or participants of the talks.......http://en.ria.ru/russia/20131201/185197746/Poland-Sweden-Rap-Russia-Over-Position-on-Ukraine-EU-Deal.html
1/12/13
Barricades Erected Overnight in Kiev after Weekend Clashes....
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήKIEV, December 2 (RIA Novosti) – Protesters in the Ukrainian capital erected barricades early Monday morning after a weekend of violent clashes between police and demonstrators.
Tensions are simmering in the former Soviet nation amid increasingly vocal calls for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych in the wake of a decision to back away from closer integration with Europe.
According to reports from the scene, barricades made from Christmas trees, city benches, parts of metal fences and traffic barriers were erected in Kiev’s Independence Square, which served as the focal point of the Orange Revolution of 2004-5.
In a speech to the crowd at 2:00 a.m. local time, Ukrainian opposition leader and lawmaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk called on protesters not to leave the square.
Hundreds of thousands of people marched through downtown Kiev on Sunday in the largest show of discontent since Yanukovych’s refusal to sign a much-anticipated series of trade deals with the EU last month sparked a wave of largely peaceful rallies.
Ukraine’s government explained its about-face on the EU pact by saying that the country's economy would suffer and pledged instead to focus on strengthening ties with its neighbor Russia.
Demonstrations took a sour turn Saturday morning when police violently cleared Independence Square.
The violence continued Sunday afternoon as people attempted to storm the country’s presidential administration. Running battles saw protesters throwing rocks at police, who responded with tear gas and baton charges.
Ukrainian and Russian TV channels reported Sunday that protesters had managed to enter the city administration building, and showed footage of activists sitting in the building’s main meeting hall.
Another group of young people broke into the trade union headquarters in the center of Kiev, the UNIAN news agency reported.
City officials said Monday morning that almost 300 people had been injured in the violence, with 109 protestors and 53 police officers hospitalized.
EU and US ambassadors in Ukraine condemned the violence in a joint statement late Sunday, but said that they recognized that the majority of protests had been peaceful in nature.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen called Sunday for both sides to avoid violence, and urged Ukraine to “fully abide by its international commitments to respect the freedom of expression and assembly.”
http://en.ria.ru/world/20131202/185205431/Barricades-Erected-Overnight-in-Kiev-after-Weekend-Clashes.html
2/12/13
Merkel Calls for Calm as Kiev Protests Intensify...
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήAround 5,000 opposition protestors gathered in the center of Kiev overnight. The pro-European demonstrators erected tents and barricades on Independence Square. The opposition, centered around boxer Vitali Klitschko, now wants to blockade important administrative buildings.
Government spokesman Steffen Seibert said the pro-European rallies in Ukraine were sending out a "very clear message," and he added: "It is to be hoped that President Yanukovych perceives that message." Seibert added that the protestors also have to take responsibilities for their own responsibilities, "so that there is no escalation."
Germany's acting foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, spoke of the "striking commitment" of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to the European Union. "This shows that the hearts of the people in Ukraine beat European." Westerwelle wants to participate at a ministerial meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Kiev on Thursday. he could also meet with Ukrainian opposition.
Pressure on Yanukovych Mounting
The pressure on Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has been mounting since last week. Following Sunday's mass rally in Kiev at which violent clashes broke out, thousands of anti-government protestors spent the night in tents on Independence Square in the middle of the capital. With light rain falling and the temperature not rising above 4 degrees Celsius, many lit small fires to keep warm.
Opposition leader and world heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko appealed to the demonstrators not to give up control of the city center during the night. "We have to mobilize the country and must not lose the initiative," he said. Klitschko is at the head of the UDAR Party (Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms; the abbreviation also translates to "strike" or "punch"). He is considered one of the strongest challengers facing Yanukovych in the presidential election scheduled for March 2015. A spokesman for the Klitschko opposition bloc announced a blockade of state administrative buildings from early on Monday.
The head of the far-right Svoboda Party ("Party for Freedom"), Oleh Tyahnybok, said: "A revolution is starting in Ukraine. We are launching a national strike."
His remarks were broadcast live by Ukrainian and Russian television stations. Klitschko and Tyahnybok, together with the Fatherland Party of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, have formed a tripartite opposition alliance called the Action Group of National Resistance. Their aim is to bring down Yanukovych and set Ukraine back on a Europe-friendly course. The alliance wants to use the general strike to force new elections.
International Support for the Protests
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called on all parties to refrain from violence. He appealed to the Ukrainian government to respect freedom of opinion and freedom of assembly. He referred to a study published in Brussels suggesting that many Ukrainians want closer relations with the European Union. Above all, he said, "it is the right of people everywhere to express their views in a democratic way." Violence and force, he added, "are not the way to resolve political differences in a democratic society.".............http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/opposition-protestors-in-ukraine-erect-tent-city-in-kiev-overnight-a-936728.html
2/12/13
Protest gegen Janukowitsch....Merkel warnt vor Gewalt gegen ukrainische Demonstranten....
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήDie Bundesregierung ergreift Partei für die ukrainischen Demonstranten: Die Regierung Janukowitschs müsse friedliche Proteste dulden.
Angesichts der Massenproteste in der Ukraine hat Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel vor Gewalt gegen friedliche Demonstranten gewarnt. Merkel forderte Präsident Viktor Janukowitsch und dessen Regierung auf, "alles zu tun, um die freie Meinungsäußerung und das Recht auf friedliche Demonstrationen stets zu schützen".
"Natürlich muss der Einsatz von Gewalt gegen friedliche Demonstranten Sorge bereiten", sagte Regierungssprecher Steffen Seibert mit Blick auf die Proteste in Kiew. Im Fernsehen waren am Wochenende Sondereinsatzkräfte zu sehen, die Demonstranten mit Schlagstöcken attackierten und am Boden liegende Menschen mit Füßen traten.
Die Bundesregierung ließ ihre Unterstützung für die Demonstranten durchblicken: Es sei beeindruckend, wie viele Menschen in der Ukraine bereit seien, für eine engere Anbindung des Landes an Europa auf die Straße zu gehen, sagte Seibert. Es sei zu hoffen, dass auch Janukowitsch diese Botschaft verstehe. Deutschland sei weiterhin bereit, das gestoppte Assoziierungsabkommen mit der EU zu unterzeichnen........http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2013-12/ukraine-protest-merkel-kritik-janukowitsch
2/12/13
Οι διαμαρτυρίες στην Ουκρανία έγιναν ανεξέλεγκτες – Αζάροφ ...
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήΟι μαζικές εκδηλώσεις στην Ουκρανία έχουν αποκτήσει ανεξέλεγκτο χαρακτήρα, δήλωσε ο πρωθυπουργός της Ουκρανίας Νικολάι Αζάροφ σε συνάντηση με τους ξένους διπλωμάτες.
«Οι πολιτικοί, οι οποίοι προσχώρησαν σε αυτή την εκδήλωση, έχουν προκαλέσει ραγδαία ριζοσπαστικοποίηση της κατάστασης. Ο μαζικός χαρακτήρας των εκδηλώσεων έχει αποκτήσει ανεξέλεγκτο χαρακτήρα και, κατ΄ακρίβειαν, - ελεγχόμενο από ορισμένες πολιτικές δυνάμεις», - είπε ο Ουκρανός πρωθυπουργός.
Σύμφωνα με τον Αζάροφ, αυτές οι πολιτικές δυνάμεις έχουν τη ψευδαίσθηση ότι μπορούν να ανατρέψουν το υφιστάμενο σύστημα. Για την επίτευξη αυτής της ψευδαίσθησης χρησιμοποιούνται απόλυτα παράνομες μέθοδοι», - είπε ο Ουκρανός πρωθυπουργός.
Διαβάστε ολόκληρο το κείμενο: http://greek.ruvr.ru/2013_12_02/254219962/
2/12/13
Ukraine wants to improve terms of free-trade zone with EU - Yanukovych...
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήOne needs to amend the initialed agreement on a free-trade zone with the European Union which is an integral part of the association agreement with the EU, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said.
"We want better free-trade zone terms. This is linked to our economic interests and the people behind them. We want to change these conditions for the benefit of our producers," Yanukovych said in an interview with leading Ukrainian TV channels on Monday night.
"We must hold discussions so that civil society can give its assessment of what terms we want to achieve," he said.
Voice of Russia, Interfax
Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2013_12_02/Ukraine-wants-to-improve-terms-of-free-trade-zone-with-EU-Yanukovych-7378/
2/11/13
Ukraine: le Premier ministre dénonce un coup d'Etat...
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήNouvelle manifestation ce lundi en Ukraine : des milliers de manifestants d'opposition les accès aux sièges du gouvernement dans le centre de Kiev. Des barricades ont été dressées sur la place de l'Indépendance. La mairie de Kiev est toujours occupée par les protestataires. Le Premier ministre ukrainien Mykola Azarov dénonce un coup d'Etat, les Etats-Unis jugent la répression inacceptable.
Les manifestants ont afflué autour du siège du gouvernement depuis la place de l'Indépendance, située à quelques centaines de mètres de là, et où des milliers d'entre eux ont passé la nuit après une manifestation-monstre la veille. Elle a rassemblé, selon certaines sources, jusqu'à 350 000 personnes.
Toutes les rues autour du gouvernement ont également été bloquées par des automobilistes sympathisants de l'opposition.
Les manifestants distribuaient des boissons chaudes dans leurs rangs, et très peu de policiers étaient visibles à proximité, selon une journaliste de l'AFP.
Viktor Ianoukovitch doit quitter l'Ukraine mardi pour une visite officielle en Chine jusqu'à vendredi. Ses services n'ont pas commenté les événements en cours.
Coup d'Etat?
Les manifestations à Kiev pour l'intégration européenne et contre le gouvernement ressemblent à un coup d'Etat, a déclaré lundi le Premier ministre ukrainien, Mykola Azarov, au cours d'une rencontre avec les ambassadeurs de l'Union européenne : "Ce qui se passe présente tous les signes d'un coup d'Etat. C'est une chose très sérieuse. Nous faisons preuve de patience, mais nous ne voulons pas que nos partenaires pensent que tout leur est permis".
Il a également souligné que les manifestations étaient devenues "incontrôlables" leurs instigateurs utilisant des "méthodes illégales" pour renverser le pouvoir en place : "Les hommes politiques qui se sont joints à ces actions ont radicalisé la situation (...) qui est devenue incontrôlable".
"Des méthodes illégales sont utilisées. On envoie des gens prendre d'assaut les organes du pouvoir", a-t-il ajouté. "Je m'adresse aux ambassadeurs: faites tout ce que vous pouvez pour appeler les opposants à ne pas avoir recours à la violence envers les représentants des forces de l'ordre, à renoncer au langage des ultimatums et à venir à la table des négociations", a-t-il dit.
USA: des violences inacceptables
"Nous ne considérons certainement pas des manifestations pacifiques comme des coups d'Etat", a déclaré le porte-parole du président Barack Obama, Jay Carney. "La violence des autorités contre des manifestants pacifiques samedi matin à Kiev est inacceptable", a affirmé M. Carney lors de son point de presse quotidien, tout en ajoutant prendre "acte du fait que la police a fait preuve en général de retenue depuis".............http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_ukraine-les-acces-au-siege-du-gouvernement-bloques-a-kiev?id=8148147
2/11/13
France invites Ukrainian opposition's Klitschko to Paris.....
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήFrance invited a senior figure in Ukraine's opposition, Vitaly Klitschko, to Paris on Tuesday to discuss a stand-off with the country's government that has brought hundreds of thousands onto the streets.
Ukraine has plunged into crisis since President Viktor Yanukovich turned down a free-trade deal with the European Union under pressure from Russia, with pro-Europe demonstrators blockading the government's main building in Kiev.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told RFI radio he had sent a message to Klitschko, telling him he was prepared to meet him in Paris. He said he and President Francois Hollande had met Yanukovich at an EU summit last week in Vilnius.
"It's not up to us to interfere in domestic issues, but the other day we spoke with Yanukovich and it seems normal to me to meet Mr. Klitschko as well, since Mrs. Tymoshenko is in prison," Fabius said, referring to jailed Ukrainian opposition figure and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Yanukovich is set to head to China on Tuesday while opposition deputies in Ukraine's parliament have called for a vote of no confidence in the cabinet.
Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said the government could not perform basic functions and accused his opponents of planning to seize parliament, warning that the stand-off had all the signs of a coup d'etat.
"It's not a coup d'etat, I haven't seen a military intervention," Fabius said. "The conditions for a coup d'etat are not there."
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/france-invites-ukrainian-oppositions-klitschko-to-paris.aspx?pageID=238&nID=58919&NewsCatID=353
3/12/13
Ukraine “took a break” in the EU treaty signing due to the threat of losing a dialogue with Russia - President Yanukovich...
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήThe threat of losing a dialogue with Russia has become the reason that Ukraine “took a break” in the signing of an association agreement with the EU, declared Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovich.
In an interview to Ukrainian TV channels, he said that if Ukraine signs an agreement, it will lose the dialogue with Russia. Then the agreement “will have no value”, he said. Yanukovich also said that amendments need to be made in the initialed agreement on free trade area (FTA) with the EU, which is an integral part of the Association Agreement with the EU. In addition, he said, Ukraine is ready to increase its purchases of Russian gas for use in the internal consumer market if prices are reduced.
Read more: http://indian.ruvr.ru/news/2013_12_03/Ukraine-took-a-break-in-the-EU-treaty-signing-due-to-the-threat-of-losing-a-dialogue-with-Russia-President-Yanukovich-3755/
3/12/13
Και οι τρεις πρώην πρόεδροι της Ουκρανίας πιστεύουν ότι η κυβέρνηση πρέπει να παραιτηθεί ....
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήΟι τρεις πρώην πρόεδροι της Ουκρανίας Λεωνίντ Κραβτσούκ, Λεωνίντ Κούτσμα και Βίκτος Γιούσενκο πραγματοποίησαν μια συνάντηση, κατά τη διάρκεια της οποίας συζήτησαν την κατάσταση στη χώρα. Μετά από τη συνάντηση οι ίδιοι δήλωσαν ότι οι ενέργειες της σημερινής εξουσίας έχουν οδηγήσει τη χώρα σε βαθιά πολιτική κρίση.
«Πιστεύουμε ότι οι Αρχές πρέπει να αποκαταστήσουν αμέσως το διάλογο με την ΕΕ, ενώ η κυβέρνηση πρέπει να παραιτηθεί με έναν ευρωπαϊκό πολιτισμένο τρόπο. Σήμερα στην Ουκρανία κινδυνεύουν οι υψηλότερες αξίες – η δημοκρατία και ελευθερία. Καταδικάζουμε κατηγορηματικά τη χρήση βίας εναντίον των ειρηνικών διαδηλωτών», είπε ο Λεωνίντ Κραβτσούκ.
Διαβάστε ολόκληρο το κείμενο: http://greek.ruvr.ru/news/2013_12_03/254402280/
3/12/13
Στο Κίεβο μπλόκαραν την Προεδρική Διοίκηση ....
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήΧιλιάδες διαμαρτυρόμενοι στο Κίεβο,εκτός του κτιρίου της κυβέρνησης, μπλόκαραν και την Προεδρική Διοίκηση.
Μετά την καταψήφιση της πρότασης μομφής κατά της κυβέρνησης, ένας από τους ηγέτες της αντιπολίτευσης, ο Αρσένι Γιατσενιούκ δήλωσε ότι τώρα πλέον απευθύνουν τις απαιτήσεις τους άμεσα προς τον Πρόεδρο Βίκτορ Γιανουκόβιτς.
Η αντιπολίτευση απαιτεί από τον Πρόεδρο να παραιτήσει με διάταγμά του το Υπουργικό Συμβούλιο και να κηρύξει πρόωρες βουλευτικές και προεδρικές εκλογές.
Μετά την ομιλία του Γιατσενιούκ δεκάδες χιλιάδες συγκεντρωθέντες στο κέντρο της πρωτεύουσας διαδηλωτές προχώρησαν, παρακάπτοντας το μπλοκαρισμένο κτίριο της κυβέρνησης, προς τη Διοίκηση του Πρόεδρου και την περικύκλωσαν από όλες τις πλευρές.
Διαβάστε ολόκληρο το κείμενο: http://greek.ruvr.ru/2013_12_03/254377373/
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