But, not a new Cold War.!
Yaptırımlar, Rusya’yı bağımsız politika için cezalandırma amaçlı!
Kerry, Kiev üzerinde baskı yapma sözü vermişti!
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Treatment of Some Crimean Tatar Turk Patients in Turkey
It was announced to the public on various occasions that our Government would fulfill the responsibilities to fall on its shoulders in the extraordinary period that our brethren Crimean Tatar Turks, whose security and welfare constitute a priority for us, have been going through.
Within the scope of our efforts to that end, it was decided to undertake the treatment of twelve of our Crimean Tatar Turk brethren, in serious condition, at the hospitals of our Ministry of Health in Turkey.
Five of these patients, some of whom are children, arrived in Turkey accompanied by their families and began to receive treatment in Istanbul hospitals on 28 July.
It is planned to bring seven more of our brethren to Turkey for treatment in the upcoming days following the completion of the necessary procedures. MFA
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Statement by President Barroso and President Van Rompuy in the name of the European Union on the agreed additional restrictive measures against Russia
Following the agreement by the European Union on a package of significant additional restrictive measures targeting sectoral cooperation and exchanges with the Russian Federation, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy issued a joint statement, saying that the measures were “meant as a strong warning: illegal annexation of territory and deliberate destabilisation of a neighbouring sovereign country cannot be accepted in 21st century Europe.” The decisions will limit access to EU capital markets for Russian State-owned financial institutions, impose an embargo on trade in arms, establish an export ban for dual use goods for military end users, and curtail Russian access to sensitive technologies particularly in the field of the oil sector.
Today the European Union has agreed a package of significant additional restrictive measures targeting sectoral cooperation and exchanges with the Russian Federation. These decisions will limit access to EU capital markets for Russian State-owned financial institutions, impose an embargo on trade in arms, establish an export ban for dual use goods for military end users, and curtail Russian access to sensitive technologies particularly in the field of the oil sector.
This package reinforces the recently expanded listing of persons and entities undermining Ukrainian territorial integrity and sovereignty, including the so-called “cronies”, the suspension of EIB and EBRD financing, the restriction of investment and trade with Crimea and Sevastopol and the reassessment of the Russia EU bilateral cooperation with a view to reducing the level of the cooperation.
The package responds to directions given by the European Council of 16 July. It is meant as a strong warning: illegal annexation of territory and deliberate destabilisation of a neighbouring sovereign country cannot be accepted in 21st century Europe. Furthermore, when the violence created spirals out of control and leads to the killing of almost 300 innocent civilians in their flight from the Netherlands to Malaysia, the situation requires urgent and determined response. The European Union will fulfil its obligations to protect and ensure the security of its citizens. And the European Union will stand by its neighbours and partners.
Since the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis, the European Union has been calling on the Russian leadership to work towards a peaceful resolution. We have done this collectively and bilaterally. We regret to say that despite some mixed messages coming from Moscow, and exchanges in the Normandy and other formats, there has been scarce delivery on commitments. Our call has been, in practice, left unheeded. Arms and fighters continue flowing into Ukraine from the Russian Federation. Strong Russian State sponsored nationalist propaganda continues supporting the illegal actions of armed separatists. We have witnessed with anger and frustration the delays in providing international access to the site of the air crash, the tampering with the remains of the plane, and the disrespectful handling of the deceased.
The Russian Federation and the European Union have important common interests. We will both benefit from open and frank dialogue, from increased cooperation and exchanges. But we cannot pursue this important positive agenda when Crimea is illegally annexed, when the Russian Federation supports armed revolt in Eastern Ukraine, when the violence unleashed kills innocent civilians.
The package of new restrictive measures agreed today by the European Union constitutes a powerful signal to the leaders of the Russian Federation: destabilising Ukraine, or any other Eastern European neighbouring State, will bring heavy costs to its economy. Russia will find itself increasingly isolated by its own actions. The European Union remains ready to reverse its decisions and reengage with Russia when it starts contributing actively and without ambiguities to finding a solution to the Ukrainian crisis.
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Adoption of agreed EU restrictive measures over Crimea and Eastern Ukraine
The Council today adopted further EU restrictive measures in view of the situation in Eastern Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Crimea. This decision gives legal value to some of the agreements reached at the Council’s Committee of Permanent Representatives in the last two days, as announced by European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and Commission President José Manuel Barroso. Eight persons and three entities have been added to the list of those subject to an asset freeze and a visa ban, inter alia for providing support to or benefiting from Russian decisions makers responsible for the destabilisation of Eastern Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Crimea. This brings the number of persons and entities under EU restrictions to 95 persons and 23 entities.
As requested by the European Council of 16 July, the Council also adopted further trade and investment restrictions for Crimea and Sevastopol, as part of the EU’s policy of not recognising the illegal annexation. These include a ban on new investment in the following sectors in Crimea and
Sevastopol: infrastructure projects in the transport, telecommunications and energy sectors and the exploitation of oil, gas and minerals. Key equipment for the same six sectors may not be exported to Crimea and Sevastopol; finance and insurance services related to such transactions must not be provided.
Today’s decisions were adopted by written procedure and will enter into force upon their publication in the EU Official Journal, due to take place later on today. In addition, the Council is due to adopt economic sanctions in view of Russia’s role in destabilising Eastern Ukraine through a separate written procedure closing tomorrow, 31 July.
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Ukraine welcomes the EU deepening sanctions against Russia, and calls on Russia to stop exporting terrorism
Ukraine welcomes the responsible decision of the EU Member States to tighten sanctions against Russia adopted in accordance with the conclusions of the European Council dated 16 July, and the conclusions of the EU Foreign Affairs Council dated July 22, said Deputy Head of Presidential Administration of Ukraine Valeriy Chaly.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the EU Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER), and will be published today in accordance with the decision by EU Member States under the procedure of written consent.
“For the first time since the beginning of Russian aggression against Ukraine, the EU sanctions went beyond personal restrictive measures such as freezing of accounts and visa bans. This is an adequate step of the partner, that demonstrates compliance with common values, and that these values are the foundation, quintessence of the EU, which Ukraine seeks to join in future”, said Valeriy Chaly.
Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration said that this decision has been made possible dueto the solidarity within the European Union and transatlantic solidarity. “It has also become a reaction to the numerous international efforts of Ukraine, permanent dialogue of the President of Ukraine with the Heads of State of the EU countries. In this context, the President welcomed the agreement of the leaders of Great Britain, Italy, Germany, United States and France dated July 28, and a clear position of Canada, Japan and other partner countries, to adhere to more strict sanctions”, he said.
According to Valeriy Chaly, Ukraine expected this partnership approach and, despite the difficult consequences for these countries, “they set up the position of responding to the threats and adhering to values to stand above any commercial or economic loss”.
“We call on Russia to avoid further deepening its own international isolation and stop direct intervention in the situation in the East of Ukraine. Unhindered access of militants, weapons and military equipment across the common border, and continuing shelling from the territory of Russian should immediately stop. The Russian government must realize that logic of exporting terrorism has no future and always would face a dignified response of the international community”, said Valeriy Chaly.
Ukraine is currently conducting active diplomatic work with international organizations and countries, especially after shootdown of “Malaysia Airlines” aircraft by terrorirsts, where 298 civilians were killed.
“This act of terrorism should be punished, and, therefore, those who were involved in this. Therefore, the recognition of the so-called “DNR” and “LNR” as terrorist organizations is what is now considered in various countries and international organizations”, said Valeriy Chalyi.
The restoration of strategic relations of Ukraine with Russia is impossible without terminating the occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, said Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration. “We believe that the normalization of relations between Ukraine and Russia, and the EU and Russia in future is impossible without termination of the illegal annexation of the Crimea”, he said at a news briefing, adding that Ukraine is not going to “push back this issue on the back burner”.
“The official position of Ukraine is that Crimea was, is and will be Ukrainian,” – said Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration. According to Valerit Chaly, this position of our state has been embraced by the international community, and is reflected in the sanctions list that is implemented by the EU and the United States.
As the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration informed, currently Ukraine is preparing a package of documents which would support the implementation of this task. “It will take time, but we are now working on a legal package that will make this decision possible in future”, he said.
“We hope that by common efforts of the international community we will persuade our neighbor to stop the aggression against Ukraine, to restore its territorial integrity in the borders recognized by international law, and return to the policy of dialogue to address more urgent, global issues of today,” said Valeriy Chaly.
He said that when in case Russia will not react upon the calls of international community, Ukraine is ready to work towards implementing more strict sanctions against it.
He said: “We will not abandon the multilateral dialogue in order to use diplomatic tools, which will accompany the achieve of results”. Source.
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Statement by President on Ukraine
In the Netherlands, Malaysia, Australia, and countries around the world, families are still in shock over the sudden and tragic loss of nearly 300 loved ones senselessly killed when their civilian airliner was shot down over territory controlled by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine. These grieving families and their nations are our friends and our allies. And amid our prayers and our outrage, the United States continues to do everything in our power to help bring home their loved ones, support the international investigation, and make sure justice is done.
Since the shoot-down, however, Russia and its proxies in Ukraine have failed to cooperate with the investigation and to take the opportunity to pursue a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine. These Russian-backed separatists have continued to interfere in the crash investigation and to tamper with the evidence. They have continued to shoot down Ukrainian aircraft in the region. And because of their actions, scores of Ukrainian civilians continue to die needlessly every day.
Meanwhile, Russia continues to support the separatists and encourage them, and train them, and arm them. Satellite images, along with information we’ve declassified in recent days, show that forces inside Russia have launched artillery strikes into Ukraine — another major violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty. And we have information that Russia continues to build up its own forces near the Ukrainian border and that more Russian military equipment, including artillery, armored vehicles, and air defense equipment, has been transferred across the border to these separatists.
Since the beginning of the crisis in Ukraine, the United States has worked to build a strong international coalition to support Ukraine, its sovereignty, its territorial integrity, its right to determine its own destiny, and to increase the pressure on Russia for actions that have undermined Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and ability to make its own decisions. The core of that coalition is the United States and our European allies.
In recent days, I’ve continued to coordinate closely with our allies and our partners to ensure a unified response to the shoot-down of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, and Russia’s continued arming of the separatists. And I’ve spoken several times with Prime Minister Rutte of the Netherlands and Prime Minister Abbott of Australia.
Yesterday, I had a chance to speak with Prime Minister Cameron of the United Kingdom, President Hollande of France, Chancellor Merkel of Germany, and Prime Minister Renzi of Italy. We are united in our view that the situation in Ukraine ought to be resolved diplomatically and that a sovereign, independent Ukraine is no threat to Russian interests. But we’ve also made it clear, as I have many times, that if Russia continues on its current path, the cost on Russia will continue to grow. And today is a reminder that the United States means what it says. And we will rally the international community in standing up for the rights and freedom of people around the world.
Today, and building on the measures we announced two weeks ago, the United States is imposing new sanctions in key sectors of the Russian economy: energy, arms, and finance. We’re blocking the exports of specific goods and technologies to the Russian energy sector. We’re expanding our sanctions to more Russian banks and defense companies. And we’re formally suspending credit that encourages exports to Russia and financing for economic development projects in Russia.
At the same time, the European Union is joining us in imposing major sanctions on Russia — its most significant and wide-ranging sanctions to date. In the financial sector, the EU is cutting off certain financing to state-owned banks in Russia. In the energy sector, the EU will stop exporting specific goods and technologies to Russia, which will make it more difficult for Russia to develop its oil resources over the long term. In the defense sector, the EU is prohibiting new arms imports and exports and is halting the export of sensitive technology to Russia’s military users.
And because we’re closely coordinating our actions with Europe, the sanctions we’re announcing today will have an even bigger bite.
Now, Russia’s actions in Ukraine and the sanctions that we’ve already imposed have made a weak Russian economy even weaker. Foreign investors already are increasingly staying away. Even before our actions today, nearly $100 billion in capital was expected to flee Russia. Russia’s energy, financial, and defense sectors are feeling the pain. Projections for Russian economic growth are down to near zero. The major sanctions we’re announcing today will continue to ratchet up the pressure on Russia, including the cronies and companies that are supporting Russia’s illegal actions in Ukraine.
In other words, today, Russia is once again isolating itself from the international community, setting back decades of genuine progress. And it doesn’t have to come to this — it didn’t have to come to this. It does not have to be this way. This is a choice that Russia, and President Putin in particular, has made. There continues to be a better choice — the choice of de-escalation, the choice of joining the world in a diplomatic solution to this situation, a choice in which Russia recognizes that it can be a good neighbor and trading partner with Ukraine even as Ukraine is also developing ties with Europe and other parts of the world.
I’m going to continue to engage President Putin as well as President Poroshenko and our European partners in pursuit of such a diplomatic solution. But it is important for Russia to understand that, meanwhile, we will continue to support the people of Ukraine, who have elected a new President, who have deepened their ties with Europe and the United States, and that the path for a peaceful resolution to this crisis involves recognizing the sovereignty, the territorial integrity, and the independence of the Ukrainian people.
Today, the people of Ukraine I hope are seeing once again that the United States keeps its word. We’re going to continue to lead the international community in our support for the Ukrainian people, and for the peace, the security, and the freedom that they very richly deserve.
Is this a new Cold War, sir?
No, it’s not a new Cold War. What it is, is a very specific issue related to Russia’s unwillingness to recognize that Ukraine can chart its own path.
And I think that if you listen to President Poroshenko, if you listen to the Ukrainian people, they’ve consistently said they seek good relations with Russia. What they can’t accept is Russia arming separatists who are carrying out terribly destructive activities inside of Ukraine, thereby undermining the ability of Ukraine to govern itself peacefully. That’s something that no country should have to accept.
And the sooner the Russians recognize that the best chance for them to have influence inside of Ukraine is by being good neighbors and maintaining trade and commerce, rather than trying to dictate what the Ukrainian people can aspire to, rendering Ukraine a vassal state to Russia — the sooner that President Putin and Russia recognizes that, the sooner we can resolve this crisis in ways that doesn’t result in the tragic loss of life that we’ve seen in eastern Ukraine.
So far sanctions haven’t stopped Vladimir Putin. Are sanctions going to be enough? And are you considering lethal aid for Ukraine?
Well, keep in mind, the issue at this point is not the Ukrainian capacity to outfight separatists. They are better armed than the separatists. The issue is how do we prevent bloodshed in eastern Ukraine. We’re trying to avoid that. And the main tool that we have to influence Russian behavior at this point is the impact that it’s having on its economy.
The fact that we’ve seen Europeans who have real, legitimate economic concerns in severing certain ties with Russia stepping up the way they have today I think is an indication of both the waning patience that Europe has with nice words from President Putin that are not matched by actions, but also a recognition as a consequence of what happened with the Malaysian Airlines flight that it is hard to avoid the spillover of what’s happening in Ukraine impacting Europeans across the board.
And so we think that the combination of stronger U.S. and European sanctions is going to have a greater impact on the Russian economy than we’ve seen so far. Obviously, we can’t in the end make President Putin see more clearly. Ultimately that’s something that President Putin has to do by — on his own. But what we can do is make sure that we’ve increased the costs for actions that I think are not only destructive to Ukraine but ultimately are going to be destructive to Russia, as well. Source.
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Erklärung der Bundeskanzlerin zu den EU-Sanktionsentscheidungen
Die stellv. Sprecherin der Bundesregierung, Christiane Wirtz, teilt mit:
Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel begrüßt, dass die Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union heute ein weitgehendes Sanktionspaket beschlossen haben.
Die Bundeskanzlerin erklärt: „Die Staats- und Regierungschefs der Europäischen Union haben immer wieder darauf hingewiesen, dass Sanktionen kein Selbstzweck sind, sondern nur beschlossen werden, wenn es unvermeidlich ist. Allerdings haben wir auch immer wieder betont, dass die völkerrechtswidrige Annexion der Krim und die fortdauernde Destabilisierung der Ostukraine nicht hinnehmbar sind. Deshalb war die heutige Entscheidung unumgänglich. Es liegt jetzt an der russischen Führung zu entscheiden, ob sie den Weg der Deeskalation und der Zusammenarbeit einschlagen will. Die Sanktionen der EU können überprüft werden, es sind aber auch zusätzliche Schritte möglich.“
Im Einzelnen wurden folgende Maßnahmen beschlossen:
– Die EU verhängt ein Waffenembargo.
– Russischen Staatsbanken wird der Zugang zum EU-Kapitalmarkt erheblich erschwert.
– Hochtechnologiegüter für die Ölförderung dürfen nicht mehr nach Russland exportiert werden.
– Dual-use-Güter dürfen nicht mehr an militärische Abnehmer in Russland geliefert werden. Ursprung
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The Slow-Motion Collapse of the Ukrainian State and the Rada’s Capitulation
By Andrew KORYBKO, Wed, Jul 30, 2014 – Acting Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk recently announced his resignation from the government amidst parliamentary infighting in the Rada, supposedly over none of the factions wanting to take the fall for the upcoming suicidal IMF stipulations. (His desire to leave off the hook ahead of the coming economic and social collapse of Ukraine has apparently come into collision with the interests of Western power groups seeking to establish control over the Ukrainian gas trasportation system first – OR). The withdraw of the nationalist party Svoboda and Klitschko’s (German) project Udar continues the chain reaction of institutional collapse that began in late-November with the EuroMaidan Color Revolution. If a new Rada isn’t formed within 30 days, elections will have to take place. It has already been forecasted that this is nothing more than a ploy to solidify Poroshenko’s power base (Udar is a close ally) and expand the reach of the Svoboda nationalists. These risky and Machiavellian calculations will likely have far-reaching implications, continuing to push Ukraine ever further towards full-scale collapse and spreading the black hole of chaos that has begun to emerge in the country. Full Analysis.
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UKRAİNE’S STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY: SEVERE CHALLENGES AHEAD
By Adrian A. Basora, Aleksandr Fisher – Since the June 7 inauguration, each passing week provides further evidence that Putin’s promises of cooperation are consistently belied by Russian actions on the ground. Moscow has clearly instigated the separatist movement in Donetsk and Luhansk and continues to provide political and propaganda backing, heavy armaments, financial support and even highly visible Russian “volunteers” to lead the rebellion. Putin will do all in his power to ensure that Ukraine cannot address its domestic issues unless Russia retains de-facto control over Ukraine’s foreign policy, and very likely its eastern provinces as well.
Furthermore, the Crimea annexation crisis and the separatist incursions in Eastern Ukraine have diverted attention away from the deep economic and political problems – both internal and external – that will continue to plague Ukraine over the coming months. Internally, Poroshenko faces a daunting set of challenges: Ukraine’s near-bankrupt fiscal situation and its rapidly deteriorating economy, dysfunctional political institutions, and a deeply rooted culture of corruption.
All of Ukraine’s challenges are strongly interconnected. Economic reform is dependent on Poroshenko’s ability to create an effective system of governance and to sharply decrease corruption. The success of both economic and political reform is dependent, in turn, on Poroshenko’s ability to secure Ukraine’s eastern provinces and to resolve Kiev’s gas pricing disputes with Russia.
Russia’s proximity and power, combined with Ukraine’s (…) Full Analysis.
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