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Sergeyev

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first: 2009-11-18
most recent: 2015-06-05
sittings or episodes: 30
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“Churkin is absolutely right, there is not much time left at all, there is just about an hour and a half. It is just as easy for him to call his President and say a few simple things to him as it is for me to do so, so I will repeat them here. The statement that Mr. Churkin has referred very negatively to several times today was made by the acting President, Mr. Turchynov, and was addressed to those people who are now creating tension in those towns, the terrorist groups of separatists.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source
“Several issues were raised by our Russian colleague. I would like to answer just one. (spoke in Russian) First, Mr. Churkin compared the situation in December and January with the current situation. We must recall that, at that time, the people were speaking out against the banditry of the authorities, and now it is bandits who are against the people. There is a difference there. We cannot remain calm about the fact that several hundred separatists are holding thousands of people hostage to fear in towns. We see the standoffs on television in Kharkiv, Luhansk and Dnipropetrovsk. We cannot look on while small groups of armed people, headed up, inter alia, by agents from the Russian Federation, seize State buildings and take weapons to hand out. Indeed, those are terrorist operations that have been specially organized and orchestrated. Mr.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source
“They are wanted internationally. Ukraine has repeatedly asked its Russian partners to extradite those suspects and provide the necessary assistance for their investigation. Unfortunately, the Russian Federation has refused to do that. Ukraine is being subjected to a large-scale terrorist operation orchestrated by the Russian Federation in subregions of the eastern part of the country. That constitutes a serious threat not only to the security of the people of Ukraine but to international peace and stability as a whole. We consider it to be the Security Council's duty to find a proper and peaceful solution to this crisis. We once again call on our Russian partners to put an immediate halt to the actions aimed at undermining the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. We demand that they leave us in peace.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source
“Apparently, through these attempts, they hope to disrupt the presidential elections in Ukraine scheduled for 25 May. Russia often positions itself as a prominent fighter against international terrorism, but by sending its special agents to Ukraine to effect diversions and sabotage, it is actually sponsoring terrorism. Russia's statements and position are in fact supporting the terrorists in Ukraine who have seized administrative buildings, taken over the military arsenals of the Ukrainian secret services and police in several cities and opened fire on Ukrainian police. Today, official Russian TV channels have widely broadcast interviews with the three individuals - former President Yanukovych, former Prosecutor General Pshonka and former Minister of the Interior Zakharchenko - who are suspected mass murderers in Ukraine.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source
“In his statement today, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said, "I would like to emphasize that those not involved in shooting at Ukrainian law enforcement officers and who surrender their weapons and leave seized administrative buildings will not be subject to prosecution." Only a few weeks have passed since part of the territory of Ukraine was annexed by the Russian Federation. And now Russia is applying the same tools - inciting separatists by waging unprecedented anti-Ukrainian propaganda in the mass media, distorting the truth about Ukraine, sending in special troops to seize administrative and law-enforcement buildings with the aim of destabilizing the situation in the eastern regions of Ukraine, and encouraging marginal groups to pursue their separatist ambitions, threatening my country's unity and territorial integrity.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source
“Terrorists shot and killed Captain Gennady Belichenko of the Ukrainian security services, while "Alfa" Commander Kuznietsov and Colonel Kuksa were seriously wounded, as was a police officer named Selikhov. In the light of the aforementioned facts, the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, pursuant to our anti-terrorism law of 2003, has adopted a decision to launch a large-scale counter-terrorist operation involving the special units of the Ukrainian armed forces. We are not going to let the Crimea scenario be repeated in eastern Ukraine. We have not imposed a state of emergency as is required by the provisions of the Constitution of Ukraine. Instead, we have prepared a counterinsurgency plan to strike at the armed terrorists.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source
“There is substantial video evidence of armed attacks using gunfire on local Ukrainian police stations, in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk in particular. Those videos, which have been widely broadcast on international television channels and over the Internet, have left absolutely no doubt that the terrorist groups are not the peaceful protesters that our Russian colleagues claim them to be. Rather, they are professional special forces appropriately equipped and armed by the Russian Federation. Terrorists have started using their weapons against Ukrainian law enforcement and military officers. This morning in Slavyansk the auto convoy of the Ukrainian military was attacked by gunmen using automatic weapons.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source
“It is clear that the tactics used by terrorists to capture admininstrative buildings in the regions of Donetsk, Lugansk and Kharkiv are identical to those used to seize the buildings of the Crimean Parliament and other Governmental building in Crimea, which video evidence confirms. Terrorist groups are acting in a very organized and pre-planned manner. One of the goals is to equip as many locally recruited marginal people as possible with arms and ammunition. That is why the primary targets of terrorists have been local offices of police and security services with weapon storage facilities. As a result, several hundred guns and automatic rifles have been seized are now in the hands of terrorists.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source
“On the same day, a Russian citizen named Oleg Bakhtiar, one of the leaders of the Eurasian Youth Union of Russia, was detained in Kyiv as he was preparing a group of people under the guise of civil activities for the criminal seizure of the Verkhovna Rada and the Cabinet of Ministers. All of the arrestees confirmed being part of a network of persons conducting Russian subversive activities in Ukraine. Intercepted radio communications of the aforementioned groups, and others, with their Russian coordinators are available and provide other clear evidence. It has also been observed that such terrorist groups are heavily armed with weapons used exclusively by Russian armed forces, namely, the Kalashnikov assault rifle AK-lOO series. Those weapons have also been seen in the hands of Russian troops in Crimea.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source
“On 8 April, Russian citizen Maria Koleda, who fulfilled intelligence service tasks to destabilize in eastern Ukraine, was detained in Herson. The Russian saboteur who was about to seize such strategic facilities as the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant was detained in the region of Herson. On 10 March, a representative of the Russian Federation military intelligence service was detained in Donetsk. On 12 March, the intelligence group of the Russian armed forces that infiltrated the Herson territory from Crimea was detained at the control point. On 20 March, a Russian citizen named Markhov, an officer of the main intelligence directorate of the general staff of Russian Federation armed forces, was detained in Chernigiv.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source
“Such specially designated groups, made up of 10 to 20 members of the special forces, primarily from the main intelligence directorate or general staff of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, infiltrated Ukrainian territory with the task of forming and organizing military combat units. Ukraine has strong evidence of the involvement of the Russian special service forces, as was mentioned in a statement the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine made public early today. The detention of Russian citizen members of subversive groups coordinated by the Russian federal security services and military intelligence is carried out on a daily basis by the security services of Ukraine, yielding the following facts, which are just a few out of dozens.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source
“According to Ukrainian intelligence data, during the past month and a half in the eastern regions of Ukraine, agents of the Russian special services embarked on large-scale operations to seize power and destabilize the situation, threatening the lives of citizens of Ukraine, for the purpose of separating those regions from our country. During the past month, our Mission has regularly informed the Security Council and all States Members of the United Nations on the latest developments in Russian actions in Crimea and other regions of Ukraine. Russia has not only been constantly increasing the number of its troops deployed along the Ukrainian border but it has also been sending subversive groups into Ukrainian regions in order to destabilize the situation.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source
“The situation of confrontation was artificially created with the aim of weakening and destroying Ukraine itself." Within a short period of time, approximately one and half months, the Ukrainian Government has done everything possible to avoid confrontation through an inclusive approach to each and every region. Recently, Mr. Yatsenyuk, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, visited the southern and eastern regions - Donetsk, Lugansk, Kharkiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa * addressing such issues of concern as the language policy and prospects for decentralization of power and constitutional reforms. The Government is ready to consider the significant empowerment of local authorities in Ukraine. Unfortunately, the efforts of the Government of Ukraine have been severely challenged by recent developments in the eastern regions.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source
“Let me quote a statement made today by Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov: "A particularly dangerous situation has arisen in the city of Slavyansk, where professionally trained armed troops wearing Russian armed forces camouflage without insignia shattered the peace. This morning, a convoy of law enforcement officers who sought to protect the citizens of Slavyansk were attacked with assault rifles. The criminals opened intense fire using local people as human shields. The blood of Ukrainians has been shed for one undivided sovereign Ukraine. That blood has been shed in a war that Russia is waging against Ukraine. The aggressor has not stopped, and continues to organize unrest in the eastern regions of our country. It is not a war between Ukrainians.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source
“I thank you, Madam President, for this opportunity to speak before the Security Council. I thank Council members for understanding the critical situation in Ukraine and for their support. Before getting into the substance of my statement this evening, I would like start by mentioning that today Christians worldwide celebrate a great holiday, the day of the entry of our Lord into Jerusalem, Palm Sunday. Unfortunately, today the celebration is falling under the shadow of aggression and bloodshed in Ukraine. On the eve of the holiday, terrorists coordinated by agents of the Russian Federation seized control of State buildings in several cities of the Donetsk region.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source
“But what is disappointing is that these are not proposals; they are ultimatums and demands as to how Ukraine should build its future. We do not like these ultimatums because they are open interference in our domestic affairs. We would like to have dialogue. We applaud the efforts of the Secretary-General over recent weeks and we expect that his meetings in Moscow in Kyiv will lead to some positive developments. I thank my colleagues in the Chamber for their support.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7144 (2014) · source
“The feeling one is left with is that it is Ukraine that has launched an attack by bringing its forces in, as opposed to the truth, which is that Russia three weeks ago deployed its forces throughout the sovereign territory of Ukraine - and this at the beginning of the Orthodox Easter, at the time when believers were to gather. I believe that there is an excess of cynicism and untruth here. (spoke in English) Ukraine keeps saying that we are ready for dialogue. We started with a request to our Russian colleagues to hold consultations under the bilateral agreement. We invited all guarantors under the Budapest Memorandum to convene a meeting as provided for by that document. The Russian Federation refused. We are ready for further dialogue, and we acknowledge the recent proposal made by the Russian Federation.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7144 (2014) · source
“One of the women was from Odessa, another from Donetsk and the third was from Chernihiv. All were Russian speakers. They turned to me and asked: "How can the whole world, watching on television, be told such lies as are heard in many of the statements made by representatives of the Russian Federation?" How could I answer them? The means justify the ends? That is probably the only answer. I have two comments that it simply behoves me to make. My Russian colleague characterized as blasphemy the decision of the Ukrainian authorities yesterday to allow our military in Crimea to use weapons in self-defence, following the death of their fellow soldier. Today, we have heard that it is blasphemy because they are raising their weapons against their fellow countrymen. This is odd.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7144 (2014) · source
“It is very difficult to comment on what is blatantly false, because it puts one in a position of having justify oneself. Regarding the freedom of expression and access to information in Ukraine, does Mr. Churkin know the difference between freedom of expression and access to information in Ukraine and in Russia? All the webcasts of the Security Council are broadcast in Ukraine on all channels, without editing. Not everything that was heard here today will sound pleasant to the ears of Ukrainians. There were a great many recommendations made here today that contain elements critical of Ukraine, but we are ready to listen to all of that. The only things that are heard in the Russian media are Russian statements. Yesterday, I met with a women's non-governmental organization that participated in the Women's Forum at the United Nations.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7144 (2014) · source
“I would like to thank you personally, Madam President, for convening this meeting. I would like to thank all the members of the Council for inviting me to take part in it. I am grateful to the Deputy Secretary-General and the Assistant Secretary-General for their briefings. I would like to extend my gratitude to all who, in their statements, expressed support for the territorial integrity of my country and raised strong objections concerning the illegitimacy of the referendum in Crimea. I will now say a few words in Russian, as is becoming customary. (spoke in Russian) I should like to comment on a few elements of the statement of my colleague from the Russian Federation. It is very complicated and to a large extent unpleasant to make comments regarding some of the statements made by my Russian colleague.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7144 (2014) · source
“Ukraine and the entire civilized world will never recognize the illegitimately declared independence of Crimea and its accession to the Russian Federation.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7144 (2014) · source
“The independence of that formation was declared by an illegitimate authority based on the results of the anti-constitutional referendum held under outrageous violations of the democratic standards. Russia's recognition of the self-proclaimed republic of Crimea has one single goal: to create pseudo-legitimate reasons for the annexation of the territory of Ukraine and its incorporation into the Russian Federation. We are seriously concerned about the security of the ethnic Ukrainians, Ukrainian Tartars, Karaims and other ethnic groups living in Crimea that have not supported the so-called referendum. Their lives are seriously threatened. In conclusion, I would like to echo my Council colleagues.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7144 (2014) · source
“Accordingly, I assert that, on the basis of customary norms and international law, the international community is obliged not to recognize Crimea as a subject of international law, or any situation, treaty or agreement that may arise or be achieved by that territory. My country expresses its strong and imperative protest against the recognition of the Russian Federation of the self-proclaimed republic, as a matter of international law. Those actions by the Russian side do not meet the international obligations of the Russian Federation in relation to its multilateral and bilateral agreements guaranteeing the territorial integrity of Ukraine, the integrity and inviolability of borders and non-interference in the internal affairs of other States.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7144 (2014) · source
“An abundance of evidence, including photographs and videotaped materials, eyewitness accounts of events, including those of foreign nationals, prove that the conditions of the so-called referendum failed to meet the democratic standards of referendums developed under the framework of the OSCE and the Council of Europe. The declaration of independence by the Crimean Republic is a direct consequence of the application of the use of force and threats against Ukraine by the Russian Federation. Given the Russian nuclear power status, the situation is particularly dangerous in terms of Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity and for international peace and security in general.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7144 (2014) · source
“Even without regard for the laws or sovereign territorial jurisdiction of Ukraine, of which the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is a subject, self- proclaimed authorities in Crimea held a referendum on 16 March that violated not only Ukraine's current legislation but also the fundamental rules of international law enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, the Statute of the Council of Europe and other documents, including of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the 1991 Alma- Ata Declaration regarding the Commonwealth of Independent States.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7144 (2014) · source
“Even the results of the illegal referendum are very doubtful because of the decision made by the Crimean Tartars - who include about 300,000 people - to boycott. Ethnic Ukrainians, who make up about half a million people, and national minority populations in Crimea did not take part in the referendum. The referendum ballots indicated two questions as options, neither of which provided for maintaining the present status as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea; rather, they only referred to accession to the Russian Federation. The personalities of foreign observers who were invited to Crimea to monitor the referendum raised serious doubts regarding impartiality. Once again, I would like to emphasize the illegality of the referendum.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7144 (2014) · source
“Some ballots were distributed to voters who were not registered at the voting site, including nationals of other countries. Russian citizens with a residency permit in Simferopol were able to get a ballot for the referendum and in fact to vote. But those who did not go to polling stations were visited by mobile voting teams, escorted by police, thus forcing people to vote. Journalists were banned, despite having valid credentials. Additional voters lists included large numbers of citizens who were not qualified to vote. Contrary to existing elections provisions, ballots were issued immediately after submitting a registration application to a supplementary list, without a vote by the Commission members having taken place.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7144 (2014) · source
“I would like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General and the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights for their important briefings on the situation of human rights in Ukraine. For our part, I would like to say only that the real violation of human rights is taking place on the territory of the Crimean peninsula, which is currently under the total control of the illegitimate authorities of Crimea. First of all, there are serious reservations about the expressed free will of the population of that region of Ukraine, because since 26 February, the armed forces of the Russian Federation have, de facto, occupied Crimea. Let me provide the Council with some of the facts of the human rights violations that occurred during the illegal referendum.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7144 (2014) · source
“As we have envisaged in other previous statements, the illegitimate referendum on the issue of the annexation of the territory of Crimea to the Russian Federation was conducted in an expedited manner on 16 March. Following immediately after the referendum, on 18 March, the President of the Russian Federation defiantly signed the agreement on its accession to the Russian Federation, which is supposed to be ratified by the Parliament of the Russian Federation on 21 March. We consider all those acts to be illegitimate and we call upon the entire civilized world not to recognize the illegitimately declared independence of Crimea and its violent dismembering from the territory of the country.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7144 (2014) · source
“I thank the Council for convening this meeting and for inviting me. I would like to start by expressing my gratitude to all Council members who addressed my Mission today with words of condolences to the family of the Ukrainian soldier who was killed yesterday after being shot in his neck when a group of gunmen stormed the Ukrainian military base in the north-east of Crimea, in Simferopol. Yesterday our Foreign Minister protested against all hostile and provocative actions of the Russian Federdation's armed forces, which caused the death of the Ukrainian soldier. Today we observed tremendous changes in the situation in Crimea, but unfortunately those changes are not for good.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7144 (2014) · source
“Petersburg, Samara and Yekaterinburg, where thousands and thousands of people have gone to express their support and desire to protect Ukraine and its territorial integrity. That represents the democratic future of Russia and the basis on which we will build our fraternal ties. Today the question of how to stop the aggressor concerns all of us. It involves the loss of the entire system of values established over the years through the untiring efforts of Member States towards a collective security system and non-proliferation. (spoke in English) I am confident that today the entire United Nations family demonstrated its unity. Tragic and dramatic events in Ukraine have united all of us. We must demonstrate that we are capable of protecting the United Nations system and the global security system through a new approach.”
2014-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7138 (2014) · source
“I would like to recall that it was the collective bloodshed of Ukrainians, Belarusians and Georgians. To manipulate the issue of the bloodshed is absolutely unacceptable. Moreover, it is a manipulation of the right of the veto before the new blood on one's hands. Previously it was Georgian blood - now it is Ukrainian. I believe that such chaos should end now. Today I take an optimistic View of the situation. Why so? Because I am convinced that the statement made by the Russian representative expressed not the voice of the Russian Federation, but rather the voice of the Soviet Union. The genuine voice of Russia today can be heard on the streets and squares of Moscow, St.”
2014-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7138 (2014) · source
“For that permanent member of the Council, it has become the custom to veto any measure aimed at maintaining international peace and security. We remember the vetoes of draft resolutions on peacekeeping missions in Syria, which brought about thousands and thousands of deaths. I am confident that when Council members gather together next week with Ambassador Tanin to speak about the reform of the Security Council, the issue of the right of the veto will be discussed. Two cases, Syria and Crimea, will certainly be considered as examples of the behaviour of a permanent member of the Council when peace is needed. (spoke in Russian) The representative of the Russian Federation has stated many times in this Chamber that Russia's right of the veto was gained through the blood of the Second World War.”
2014-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7138 (2014) · source
“It is awful that the other one, the fifth guarantor, the Russian Federation, violated its own obligations. All the appeals by the united membership to the wisdom of the Russian leadership were not successful. I received a call 40 minutes ago as we were discussing the crisis in Crimea, Ukraine. Members noticed that somebody called me. Russian troops entered the mainland from the south, from Crimea. Now we are facing a new development and we are to face an even more dangerous stance of the Russian Federation. I appeal to all Council members to find the means and measures in the Security Council and the United Nations, as well as at the bilateral level, to do the utmost possible to stop the aggressor, the Russian delegation, present in the Chamber. For us it is no surprise that Russia has vetoed today's draft resolution.”
2014-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7138 (2014) · source
“I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the members of the Security Council for their overwhelming support of the draft resolution contained in document S/2104/l89, as well as for their support in trying to resolve the crisis by diplomatic and political means. I would like to thank all the sponsors of the draft resolution for their support. In this difficult time for my country, we really need their support, and I want to assure them that it is highly appreciated by the people of Ukraine. I would like to particularly thank the Member States who are the guarantors of the Budapest Memorandum who supported Ukraine - the United States, the United Kingdom, France and China - and who several times spoke in favour of territorial integrity.”
2014-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7138 (2014) · source
“Today, it was announced there would be presidential elections on 25 May. Let us therefore give that an opportunity to work and for us to learn how to live together and how to govern. I agree that we need assistance so that we can get past this crisis, which has been going on for years, and help the country to build its future in such a way that people will not be ashamed to live there. We need that assistance in order to form a civil society and, of course, we invite all to come and help and to see how we are doing that but not to bother us when we do not ask for it.”
2014-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7125 (2014) · source
“For languages that do not have a territory and have no official definition, we will defend those languages that would disappear because there are not many people who speak them. With regard to the Party of Regions, unfortunately an untruth was said. The Party of Regions, the former ruling party, was a large faction of the current Parliament. Moreover, one of the leaders of that faction, Mr. Tygipko, said that he would run for President. No one heard that. The ruling party called Mr. Yanukovych what he is, that is, a coward and a traitor. It was not a comment about the Parliament. The Parliament was elected legally for a long time, not in a revolutionary way. It has all the power that it needs to appoint the Government. It has the full range of powers to conduct elections.”
2014-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7125 (2014) · source
“I would recall that when Ukraine went to the Council of Europe, it took on an obligation to sign and to ratify the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, not languages of minorities but minority languages. The former Governments redid the Charter, saying that it should apply not only to languages such as Crimean Tartar, Karaim and others that need to be protected, but to all languages of national minorities that are protected by law. We have therefore now got rid of that law. The Government said that the Parliament would once again consider the ratification of the Charter, which we undertook to ratify. We signed and ratified it. Incidentally, to date, the Russian Federation has not ratified the Charter. But we are ratifying it.”
2014-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7125 (2014) · source
“There has thus been an increase in the number of Russian military within our territory, in violation of all of our agreements. That is aggression. There has been much speculation about language. I and my Administration have explained to the press and to many of my colleagues that the first law upon Ukraine's independence, promulgated in 1992, was the law on national minorities, which guaranteed equal rights and protection of the national interests of all ethnic groups, including linguistic minorities. In principle, the substantive law that was adopted in 2012 under pressure by the former Ukrainian Government did not take into account more than 2,000 amendments, and the opposition did not participate in the vote. We did not need that legislation because it was enough to have the 1992 law and the Constitution.”
2014-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7125 (2014) · source
“The list provides for the eventuality that if within the territory of a State f for example, Ukraine - the armed forces of another State - for example, Russia, and in this case the Black Sea fleet - are present with the agreement of the receiving State, and the permitted number and location of the troops are specified, and there is a violation of the specified number and location of troops without the agreement of the receiving country, that is an act of aggression. In that regard, I am not even referring to the number of military forces that infringed the airspace of Ukraine, namely, M-14 combat helicopters that were not part of the Black Sea fleet, or the many other transport aircraft that have infringed our airspace.”
2014-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7125 (2014) · source
“The demonstrators were defending the monastery from possible provocations. As to the Black Sea fleet, I have something to add. Our Agreement provides for a numerical strength for the Black Sea fleet of 11,000 people, including about 2,000 marines and 5,300 other military from the Russian armed forces. Let us pay close attention - in December 2013, our Ministry was notified by the Russian side that the Black Sea fleet would be maintained at a numerical strength of 11,000. I would now like to go back to statement made by the representative of Jordan. He quoted the annex of General Assembly resolution 3314 (XXIX), in which the concept of aggression is defined. Article 3 of the annex contains a non-exhaustive list of what would qualify as an act of aggression.”
2014-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7125 (2014) · source
“Mr. Sergeyev (Ukraine) (spoke in Russian): I am speaking in Russian in order to be properly understood. I support what Ambassador Churkin said with regard to the need to speak openly and be extremely honest. I just want to clarify a few issues he raised in his statement. I will be clear. First, as to the occupation or threat of occupation of the Pechersk Lavra monastery in Kyiv, which is in canonical relationship with the Moscow Patriarchate, when the unrest began we received information that there might be some kind of provocation against the monastery. The monastery issued a statement that same day and repeated it the next day to the effect that the exterior of the monastery was being guarded by ordinary people from the Maidan to prevent any provocation. That is the entire answer.”
2014-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7125 (2014) · source
“(spoke in English) I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you, Madam President, and to all members of the Security Council, in particular those who expressed support for Ukraine, who support the imperative to resolve all the problems via diplomatic and political means and to stop the aggression.”
2014-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7125 (2014) · source
“Four ministers in Ukraine's current Cabinet were born in Russia, while several governors and territorial leaders in the eastern regions are also Russian-speaking. In spite of the economic difficulties in the country, the Government of Ukraine is continuing to provide assistance to Crimea. The National Bank of Ukraine provided support to the Crimean bank in the amount of 400 million hryvnias. Unfortunately, I must note an unfair game played by Russia in the area of misinformation, which is also contributing to the destabilization of our country. Many examples have been given in the past few days. I do not wish to repeat them. However, we would like to take the opportunity afforded by this meeting to once again call on our Russian partners to stop spreading false information.”
2014-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7125 (2014) · source
“The Russian side justified its decision to carry out a military intervention in Ukraine by saying that the Prime Minister ofCrimea, Mr. Aksyonov, had requested it. His appointment runs counter to the Constitution. He is not a legitimate leader of the administrative territory of Ukraine. Allow me to recall that Ukraine is a unified State, and Crimea, in line with its powers, is not a member of the Federation. Without the central Government's authorization for troops to come in from Russia, we see it as an unauthorized act of aggression. Even in Crimea it is not supported by many of the people. Therefore, in accordance with the call by the Secretary-General, the people of the east were brought into the Government's work.”
2014-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7125 (2014) · source
“So, while in fact the police beat them, now it seems that the protesters were the ones at fault. And thus it was the protesters who brought repressive laws to Parliament limiting their constitutional rights of freedom of speech and association and laws curbing the rights of the mass media and the freedom of expression - laws that Yanukovych was forced to nullify in the face of pressure from public opinion. I think the Russian representative is saying that something is wrong in his country. I am sorry that he told an untruth about the Church. All denominations have supported the people, including the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is canonically related to the Moscow Patriarchate. The highest official of the Ukranian Church has called on Russian Orthodox Christians to pause and pray for Ukraine, but not to get ready to kill Ukranians.”
2014-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7125 (2014) · source
“People went out to defend their right to a life of dignity against a wretched, corrupt system that had brought about extreme poverty to mining regions in the east and rural areas of the centre and south of the country, as well as unemployment in the west. Meanwhile, as the entire world saw on television, the relatives of former President Yanukovych, who the Russian representative is defending, lived in luxury. The Russian representative reiterated today what was already said in a statement by Minister Lavrov, namely, that the former authorities used absolutely legitimate means in curbing unrest. That means that the peaceful student protesters who were brutally beaten by the police on the night of 30 November and on 1 December, whose rights were violated, now stand accused of violating rights.”
2014-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7125 (2014) · source
“Moreover, in the opinion of the Russian representative, how could it be implemented in the context that he is talking about, if one of the major players - former President Yanukovych - left the capital and in fact refused to implement his constitutional functions? The Russian representative continues to call what happened in Ukraine a coup d'etat. In the democratic world, there is a more precise definition. What took place was a revolution of dignity. We have different understandings about human rights. In November 2013, people of all nationalities protested in the streets without any party officials instructing them and without any pressure from the West - contrary to what the Russian representative asserted.”
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“All citizens, regardless of their ethnicity or nationality, have equal rights. Under our Constitution, only the Ukrainian Parliament can take those decisions. Do we need military assistance to deal with those humanitarian questions? I have already said that we do not need that type of assistance. The representative of the Russian Federation continues to refer to the agreement of 21 February as the basis for a settlement of the crisis in Ukraine. We are very surprised by such reasoning. The Russian side, which participated in the mediation talks in reaching that agreement, together with our European partners, refrained from signing the agreement and did not even recognize it as such.”
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“That is unacceptable for a State that is one of the guarantors of our sovereignty and territorial integrity under the Budapest Memorandum - and, moreover, for a permanent member ofthe Security Council, which shares with other Member States the very important function of supporting peace and stability throughout the world. None of that representative's reasoning about the legitimacy of the invasion of Ukraine can be condoned from the standpoint of the Charter of the United Nations. All Russia's arguments with regard to the protection of the Russian population, for example, which supposedly condone military intervention, are part of an issue that is totally within the national purview of the Ukrainian Government and its citizens and should be carried out under our Constitution.”
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