A man holds a Russian flag on the roof of the naval headquarters in Sevastopol, March 19, 2014.
Pro-Russian Forces Seize Ukraine Navy Headquarters -- Voice of America
Pro-Russian forces have taken control of Ukraine's navy headquarters in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, a day after Russia signed a treaty with local authorities to make Crimea part of Russia.
Witnesses said at least 200 unarmed members of the self-defense forces entered the base Wednesday and put up the Russian flag. There was no violence; Ukrainian service members on site reportedly did not resist the takeover.
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MIDDLE EAST
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Israel boosts anti-UAS defences.
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Russia now flexing muscles toward Georgia.
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Dissident 'IRA' claims west Belfast mortar attack.
Italian ships rescue more than 2,000 migrants in 48 hours.
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Khrushchev’s son Sergei said the decision to give Crimea to Ukraine in 1954 had to do with economics and agriculture - the building of a hydro-electric dam on the Dnieper River which would irrigate Ukraine’s southern regions, including Crimea.
“As the Dnieper and the hydro-electric dam [is] on Ukrainian territory, let’s transfer the rest of the territory of Crimea under the Ukrainian supervision so they will be responsible for everything," Sergei Khrushchev said. "And they did it. It was not a political move, it was not an ideological move - it was just business.”
Khrushchev said it made sense to have one entity responsible for the building of such a large project.
“And now we have this speculation that my father wanted to satisfy Ukrainian democracy, that he even made a gift to his wife, my mother, because she was Ukrainian - all this have nothing with reality. It was just an economical issue, and not political,” said.
http://www.voanews.com/content/khrushchevs-son-giving-crimea-back-to-russia-not-an-option/1865752.html
The US sanctions on Iran seriously hurt France's economy (Peugeot, etc.) and now the US is putting the bite on France over Ukraine.
news:
Ukraine: France warns Russia it could cancel warships deal
French foreign minister says £1bn contract for two high-tech Mistral warships could be blocked if situation escalates.
--"If it escalates." -- I'm sure the US can do that.
-- Instability 'R Us.
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