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RUSSIA CALLS UN RESOLUTION ON CRIMEA REFERENDUM 'COUNTERPRODUCTIVE'
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12:27 28/03/2014
http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140328/188836412/Russia-Calls-UN-Resolution-on-Crimea-Referendum.html
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MOSCOW, March 28 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday
dismissed a UN resolution declaring Crimea's referendum invalid as
"counterproductive" and called on the international community to help
stabilize the situation in crisis-hit Ukraine.
On Thursday, the 193-nation UN General Assembly passed the non-binding
resolution with 100 votes in favor, 58 abstentions, and 11 against,
including Armenia, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, North Korea, Nicaragua,
Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Zimbabwe in addition to Russia.
"The counterproductive initiative of the General Assembly's resolution
only complicates efforts to stabilize the domestic political crisis
in Ukraine," the ministry said, calling on officials to respect the
results of the Crimean vote.
The ministry added Ukraine's attempts to misrepresent the crisis are
aimed at distracting international attention away from the escalation
of domestic tensions, seeking instead to shift blame onto Russia for
the country's internal problems.
In the wake of rising ultranationalist rhetoric in Kiev, the country's
largely Russian-speaking republic of Crimea sought reunification with
Russia, a move backed by over 96 percent of voters in a referendum
held in the region earlier this month.
The reunification of Crimea with Russia was finalized last week,
following the republic's appeal to Moscow to rejoin the country after
having been undemocratically gifted to Ukraine by Soviet leaders 60
years ago.
Western powers have refused to recognize the results of the referendum,
which Russian President Vladimir Putin says was in full compliance
with the UN charter and international law.
Russian UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said the UN vote clearly showed that
Russia does not stand by itself. "The result is rather satisfying
for us as we have won a moral and a political victory," he said.
The US and EU have imposed sanctions on senior Russian officials, whom
they believe assisted Crimea's reunification bid, and warned Russia of
international isolation if tensions over Ukraine continue to escalate.
Russia's Foreign Ministry earlier said that talking to Russia in
the language of sanctions is "inappropriate and counterproductive"
and warned its Western partners that sanctions would have a boomerang
effect.
(c) REUTERS/ Eduardo Munoz
12:27 28/03/2014
http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140328/188836412/Russia-Calls-UN-Resolution-on-Crimea-Referendum.html
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Assembly Declares Crimean Referendum Invalid - Resolution Senior
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Crimea
MOSCOW, March 28 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday
dismissed a UN resolution declaring Crimea's referendum invalid as
"counterproductive" and called on the international community to help
stabilize the situation in crisis-hit Ukraine.
On Thursday, the 193-nation UN General Assembly passed the non-binding
resolution with 100 votes in favor, 58 abstentions, and 11 against,
including Armenia, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, North Korea, Nicaragua,
Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Zimbabwe in addition to Russia.
"The counterproductive initiative of the General Assembly's resolution
only complicates efforts to stabilize the domestic political crisis
in Ukraine," the ministry said, calling on officials to respect the
results of the Crimean vote.
The ministry added Ukraine's attempts to misrepresent the crisis are
aimed at distracting international attention away from the escalation
of domestic tensions, seeking instead to shift blame onto Russia for
the country's internal problems.
In the wake of rising ultranationalist rhetoric in Kiev, the country's
largely Russian-speaking republic of Crimea sought reunification with
Russia, a move backed by over 96 percent of voters in a referendum
held in the region earlier this month.
The reunification of Crimea with Russia was finalized last week,
following the republic's appeal to Moscow to rejoin the country after
having been undemocratically gifted to Ukraine by Soviet leaders 60
years ago.
Western powers have refused to recognize the results of the referendum,
which Russian President Vladimir Putin says was in full compliance
with the UN charter and international law.
Russian UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said the UN vote clearly showed that
Russia does not stand by itself. "The result is rather satisfying
for us as we have won a moral and a political victory," he said.
The US and EU have imposed sanctions on senior Russian officials, whom
they believe assisted Crimea's reunification bid, and warned Russia of
international isolation if tensions over Ukraine continue to escalate.
Russia's Foreign Ministry earlier said that talking to Russia in
the language of sanctions is "inappropriate and counterproductive"
and warned its Western partners that sanctions would have a boomerang
effect.