Russia says lawlessness rules east Ukraine
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry yesterday denounced alleged lawlessness by far-right activists in eastern Ukraine.
And Ukraine’s foreign minister said yesterday his country feels like it’s almost at war, after Russian forces took effective control of the Crimean Peninsula.
A referendum has been called there for Sunday on whether the region should seek to be part of Russia.
Pro-Russia sentiment is high in Ukraine’s east and there are fears Russia could seek to incorporate it too.
The Kremlin also claimed Russian citizens trying to enter Ukraine were turned back by Ukrainian officials.
On Sunday, a pro-Russian crowd in eastern city Luhansk occupied the regional government headquarters and demanded a referendum on joining Russia.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said lawlessness “now rules in eastern regions of Ukraine as a result of the actions of fighters of the so-called ‘Right Sector’ with the full connivance” of Ukraine’s new authorities.
Right Sector is a grouping of far-right and nationalist factions.
Yesterday in Kiev, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsya received counterparts from Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. “We have to admit that our life now is almost like ... a war,” he said.
Tomorrow, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk will be received in Washington by President Barack Obama.
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