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UN VOTE ON CRIMEA PROVES RUSSIA IS NOT ISOLATED - ENVOY CHURKIN
21:48 27/03/2014
UNITED NATIONS, March 27 (RIA Novosti) - The vote by the United Nations
on a resolution declaring Crimea's referendum invalid clearly showed
that Russia is not alone on the world arena, the country's EU envoy
said Thursday.
The 193-nation UN General Assembly passed the non-binding resolution
with 100 votes in favor, 11 against, and 58 abstentions.
Armenia, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, North Korea, Nicaragua, Sudan, Syria,
Venezuela and Zimbabwe joined Russia in rejecting the document.
"The result is rather satisfying for us as we have won a moral and
a political victory," Vitaly Churkin said.
"It clearly shows that Russia is not isolated [by the international
community]," the diplomat said.
In the wake of the Ukrainian crisis, Crimea sought reunification
with Russia, a move backed by over 96 percent of voters in the March
16 referendum.
The region, previously an autonomous republic within Ukraine, became
part of Russia last week.
http://en.ria.ru/news/20140327/188817012/UN-Vote-on-Crimea-Proves-Russia-is-Not-Isolated---Envoy-Churkin.html
21:48 27/03/2014
UNITED NATIONS, March 27 (RIA Novosti) - The vote by the United Nations
on a resolution declaring Crimea's referendum invalid clearly showed
that Russia is not alone on the world arena, the country's EU envoy
said Thursday.
The 193-nation UN General Assembly passed the non-binding resolution
with 100 votes in favor, 11 against, and 58 abstentions.
Armenia, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, North Korea, Nicaragua, Sudan, Syria,
Venezuela and Zimbabwe joined Russia in rejecting the document.
"The result is rather satisfying for us as we have won a moral and
a political victory," Vitaly Churkin said.
"It clearly shows that Russia is not isolated [by the international
community]," the diplomat said.
In the wake of the Ukrainian crisis, Crimea sought reunification
with Russia, a move backed by over 96 percent of voters in the March
16 referendum.
The region, previously an autonomous republic within Ukraine, became
part of Russia last week.
http://en.ria.ru/news/20140327/188817012/UN-Vote-on-Crimea-Proves-Russia-is-Not-Isolated---Envoy-Churkin.html