Crimean chronicles: March 15 (updated): The situation in Crimea continues to be tense. Continued blockades of military units on the peninsula, moves of Russian military equipment and active campaigning before the referendum. 22:09 Head of Mejlis called tomorrows referendum a joke or clowning and circus and urged Crimeans of all ethnic origins to ignore the vote. 21:13 Mejlis stated that it rejects any attempt to determine the future of the Crimea against the free will of the indigenous people of Crimea, - Crimean Tatars. This statement was made in the appeal to the Verkhovna Rada and to all people of Ukraine. 19:45 The self appointed Crimean government called the decision of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to dissolve Crimean parlament insignificant (see full translation earlier today on our page). 19:17 For the past day we received multiple observations of more than 50 trucks transporting diesel generators moving towards Sevastopol. 17:49 Local self-defense unit seized the building of the military justice in Sevastopol. Employees are being forced to delete information from their computers. 17: 21 Party of Regions Politsovet of Sevastopol city organization decided to self-close. Regions deputies decided to create a new fraction Russian Sevastopol. 15:50 UkrStream.TV operator Oleg Balaban captured on the set yesterday in Sevastopol has been released. Now he is on the territory of the TV channel ATR. Coordinator of the initiative group Avtodozor Paul Babaryga has also been released. 16:16 Today local Sevastopol self-defense unit seized the Greek-Catholic priest right in the middle of the church service. 16:11 During so-called Day of Silence Crimeans continue to be subject to campaign to join Russia. Propaganda products are being distributed in the central areas of Simferopol 15:30 Mission of the Russian Federation Council arrived in Simferopol to monitor the referendum 15:20 Tsokol unit in Sevastopol is sill locked by self-defense units. Today the military staff delivering food was not allowed onto the territory. 15:00 Crimean field mission urged the authorities of the autonomy not to interfere with the work of journalists. They announced intention to protect media workers from threats and attacks. 14:10 Ukrainian Parliament have dissolved the parliament of Crimea 14:03 Coordinator of the activist group Avtodozor Paul Babaryga disappeared in Sevastopol. Reported by Crimea SOS. 14:00 Activist and teacher of Crimean University of Culture Stanislav Ermakov was detained in Simferopol. This was reported by journalist Catherine Sergatovskaya. 13:20 Simferopol simultaneously witnessed two opposing rallies: against Russia and for her. Pro-Russian activists gathered outside the parliament building. Protesters for the United Ukraine gathered in Shevchenko Park. 12:20 Group of Crimean residents held a picket in front of the Russian Embassy in Kiev. They demanded to cancel the referendum scheduled for March 16th. 10:59 The operator UkrStream.TV Oleg Balaban is missing in Sevastopol. He was detained by armed men. 10:22 Tauride National University of Vernadsky temporarily suspended the Faculty of Ukrainian Philology and Ukrainian studies. Source: Center for Investigative Journalism 9:43 100 units of Russian military equipment that traveled prior night from Feodosia assembled on the military airfield in Jankoi 8:25 Russian military established a station on the territory of an abandoned military unit in Razdolny. #Crimea #Crimea_sos #stopwar #Крим_SOS
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 02:41:22 +0000
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