USA: Ukraine's new Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk receives a warm welcome from supporters outside the United Nations who chanted anti-Putin slogans and condemned Moscow's takeover of Crimea

Record ID: 214349

  • Title: USA: Ukraine's new Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk receives a warm welcome from supporters outside the United Nations who chanted anti-Putin slogans and condemned Moscow's takeover of Crimea
  • Date: 13th March 2014
  • Summary: VARIOUS OF PEOPLE HOLDING SIGNS WOMAN CHANTING HOLDING SIGN THAT READS I LOVE UKRAINE VARIOUS OF SIGNS SUPPORTING UKRAINE SUPPORTER WAVING UKRANIAN FLAG IN FRONT OF THE UNITED NATIONS (SOUNDBITE) (English) OLYA YARYCHKIVSKA, RALLY ORGANIZER AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR RAZOM, SAYING: "U.N. should act and we would like them to even send peace keeping forces to Crimea, to Ukraine, because those people in Crimea they are in between. Nobody is helping them. They are completely occupied and are scared of the people walking around with guns. And they are very scared to wake up in Russia on Monday in fact and that will probably what will happen because of the illegal referendum taking place." (SOUNDBITE) (English) IBRAHIM OZDENOGL, CRIMEAN TATAR, SAYING: "Crimea is the part of Ukraine. Geographically part of Ukraine. Politically part of Ukraine and Putin is two faced person. He is trying to get a referendum in Crimea but he is not recognizing a referendum in Kosovo and we can not trust him." SIGN THAT READS STOP PUTIN NOW; CUT OFF HIS GAS REVENUE (SOUNDBITE) (English) RUSTISLAV KHRABKO, RALLY GOER, SAYING: "The most effective way to influence his policy, Putin's policy, is economic sanctions. Specifically his gas and oil revenues, that's what is driving his domestic support." (SOUNDBITE) (English) LADA LYSNIAK, RALLY GOER, SAYING: "I just want Putin out of Ukraine. Plain and simple. Putin, you know Ukraine is not his. Russia signed the Budapest memorandum in 1994, we gave our nukes, so get out. He said we would have territorial integrity and he needs to get out, plain and simple." VARIOUS OF SUPPORTERS CHANTING U.N. HELP UKRAINE; CRIMEA IS UKRAINE, IN FRONT OF THE UNITED NATIONS BUILDING
  • Embargoed: 28th March 2014 12:00
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  • Location: Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA1LL82UZYKQB59T8TC8GAK8ZRW
  • Story Text: Before speaking to the United Nations Security Council on Thursday (March 13) Ukraine's new Prime Minister, Arseny Yatseniuk, received a warm welcome from supporters rallying outside the international body's New York headquarters.
    Dozens of Ukraine supporters launched into Ukraine's national anthem as Yatseniuk reached into the crowd and hugged and shook hands with people.
    The rallyers chanted anti-Russia slogans and urged the United Nations to take action against Moscow lest it backs down from its plans to annex its neighbor's Crimea region.
    Rally organizer Olya Yarychkivska, said the "U.N. should act and we would like them to even send peace keeping forces to Crimea, to Ukraine, because those people in Crimea they are in between. Nobody is helping them. They are completely occupied and are scared of the people walking around with guns. And they are very scared to wake up in Russia on Monday in fact and that will probably what will happen because of the illegal referendum taking place."
    Ibrahim Ozdengogl, held a sign that read Crimea is Ukraine. He is from Simferopol, and says he worries he will not be able to go home because the airport is closed.

    "Crimea is the part of Ukraine. Geographically part of Ukraine. Politically part of Ukraine and Putin is two-faced person. He is trying to get a referendum in Crimea but he is not recognizing a referendum in Kosovo and we can not trust him."
    Others urged for the U.N. to impose sanctions against Russia or even remove it from the Security Council, where it is one of five nations that holds veto power.
    Crimea's separatist authorities said more than 80 percent of the region's people support a break with Ukraine and a union with Russia. A referendum vote is scheduled to take place on Sunday (March 16).
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