Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Ukraine revolution: Britain offers cash to Kiev as the world waits on Putin

governo assai criticato per la mancanza di iniziativa politica sulla 
questione, surclassato dalla Polonia, evidentemente ora si è 
svegliato...anche perchè l'ambasciata a Kiev ha sempre lavorato a pieno 
ritmo
 
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10657082/Ukraine-revolution-Britain-offers-cash-to-Kiev-as-the-world-waits-on-Putin.html
 
 
Ukraine revolution: Britain offers cash to Kiev as the world waits on Putin
Amid growing fears Russia could send troops into Ukraine and mystery 
over its ousted president, George Osborne says Britain will be ready 
'with a chequebook' to help 'rebuild' country
 
By Peter Dominiczak, and David Blair in Kiev 9:30PM GMT 23 Feb 2014
 
Britain has offered to help fund an international financial rescue 
package for Ukraine amid mounting fears that Russia may intervene 
following the country's revolution.
George Osborne, the Chancellor, said that Britain and other countries 
will be ready “with a chequebook” to help “rebuild” Ukraine following 
the bloody violence that has seen 88 killed and hundreds more injured.
Amid growing fears that Russia could send troops into the country and 
mystery over the whereabouts of Viktor Yanukovych, the ousted president, 
Mr Osborne joined American and European leaders in pledging financial 
support to Ukraine.
Senior American diplomats have warned Vladimir Putin, the Russian 
president, that it would be a “grave mistake” to send military forces 
into Ukraine.
However, Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, said that Ukraine’s 
opposition have failed to abide by a peace deal signed on Friday and had 
“in effect seized power in Kiev”.
 
European Union officials will travel to Kiev on Monday in a bid to help 
broker a financial package to assist the country as Ukrainian 
politicians struggle to form a government in the next 24 hours.
Mr Putin last night attended the closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter 
Olympics and is yet to formally respond to frantic diplomatic efforts 
urging him not to respond with a show of military force.
“We are here ready to help just as soon as there is someone at the end 
of the telephone,” Mr Osborne said.
He added: “We should be there with a chequebook to help the people of 
Ukraine rebuild their country.”
Britain “will send a very strong message” that there will be financial 
support for Ukraine through the International Monetary Fund and the 
European Union, he added.
His comments came as:
New details emerge of former president Yanukovych’s largesse as the 
mystery over his whereabouts grows. Mr Yanukovych is understood to have 
attempted to flee to Russia at the weekend but he may now be hiding in 
the Crimea region of Ukraine.
  Oleksandr Turchynov, the Ukrainian parliamentary speaker, was 
installed as interim president with the foreign minister among a number 
of senior figures sacked from the government.
  Vigils were held in Independence Square in Kiev for the 88 people 
killed in the violent battles seen in recent days.
  Parliament set a deadline of tomorrow for new unity government to be 
formed, while presidential elections have been scheduled for May.
  Vitaly Klitschko, the former boxing heavyweight champion, has said he 
will stand in the election. However, Yulia Tymoshenko, the freed 
opposition leader, has said she does not want to be nominated as prime 
minister.
  There were growing concerns of an irrevocable split between Ukraine’s 
pro-Russian east and pro-EU west.
With protesters still massed in the heart of Kiev, the first task of 
Ukraine’s post-revolutionary government will be to stave off national 
bankruptcy.
Mr Yanukovych had agreed a $15 billion (£9.5 billion) loan from Russia.
If Russia pulls the plug on that deal, Ukraine will need urgent help 
from elsewhere in order to avoid defaulting on its national debt.
With senior Ukrainian politicians warning that the country’s economy is 
on the brink of collapse, it has lead to speculation that Britain could 
become part of massive bailout of the country.
Ukraine is also reliant on Russian gas supplies.
Speaking in Australia, where he was attending a meeting of G20 finance 
ministers, Mr Osborne said: “The immediate priority is political 
stability and dealing with trying to restore some order and calm to 
streets of Kiev and elsewhere.
“But I think the G20 should send a very strong message…and countries 
like Britain, America and others should send a very strong message that 
international assistance is there, financial assistance is there for the 
people of Ukraine, and that whether through the IMF or through the EU we 
should be there ready to help this country once there’s an accepted and 
legitimate political authority we can deal with.”
Mr Osborne’s aides last night said that the Chancellor was talking about 
international financial support and not a UK-specific contribution.
Baroness Ashton, the EU’s foreign policy chief, will today [MONDAY] 
travel to Ukraine for talks on “measures to stabilise the economic 
situation”, her spokesman said.
Mr Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, last night told John Kerry, the US 
Secretary of State, that Ukraine’s opposition have failed to abide by a 
peace deal signed on Friday and had “in effect seized power in Kiev”
Mr Turchinov, the acting president, last night said that Ukraine is 
ready to talk to Russia in a bit to try and improve relations. However, 
he made clear that Kiev’s return to “European integration” would be a 
priority
In an address to the nation, he said that his country’s new leadership 
wants to put its relationship with Russia on a “new, equal and 
good-neighbourly footing, that recognises and takes into account 
Ukraine’s European choice.
“Another priority,” he added, “is the return to the path of European 
integration.”
Tensions were also inflamed as Ukraine’s parliament lowered the official 
status of the Russian language by scrapping a law brought in by Mr 
Yanukovych.
However, Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, yesterday spoke to Mr 
Putin by telephone and the pair agreed that Ukraine’s “territorial 
integrity” must be ensured, according to a German spokesman.
Mrs Merkel and Mr Putin are said to have agreed on the need for 
stability in Ukraine, raising hopes that the Russian leader will not 
commit troops in the country.
William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, yesterday warned that Russia 
should not intervene in the crisis.
He said there was a “moment of opportunity” in Ukraine after MPs voted 
to oust president Viktor Yanukovych and hold fresh elections in May.
He also warned Russia not to do anything to “undermine” any economic 
package from western powers in the coming weeks.
Mr Yanukovych is believed to be in the Ukraine’s Russian-leaning east. 
His officials have insisted that he is still the country’s leader.
A plane to Russia with Mr Yanukovych on board was denied permission to 
take off on Saturday evening from Donetsk, in the president’s eastern 
powerbase, the state border guard service said.
Mr Yanukovyvh’s extravagance was exposed yesterday after members of the 
opposition gained entrance to one of his presidential palaces.
They found luxury cars, exotic animals and birds as well as tennis 
courts and a gold course. Documents were also found detailing obscene 
spending on chandeliers for his residence.

 "But I think the G20 should send a very strong message...and countries 
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 Am.
 
certo che gradiscono, sono onorati :-) E a che pro "informarli"?