Vladimir Putin to make live statement on #Ukraine at 0830 GMT

[steve2470]

Source: Al Jazeera English Live official Twitter feed

Vladimir Putin to make live statement on #Ukraine at 0830 GMT

Read more: https://twitter.com/AJELive/status/440764532324335616

[davidpdx]

1. Wow, any minute now

[steve2470]

2. nothing on rt.com yet nt

[steve2470]

3. for Russian media ONLY....

President Putin press conference at residence in 20 minutes time but foreign press not allowed in!

https://twitter.com/krishgm/status/440760852598489088

Krishnan Guru-Murthy = Channel 4 News

[steve2470]

4. Putin statement out shortly

Putin pre recorded statement out shortly #ukraine

https://twitter.com/GuyJohnsonTV/status/440770685481545728

Guy Johnson = Bloomberg TV Anchor

[dipsydoodle]

5. Live as I write

http://rt.com/on-air/russian-president-putin-statement/

Doubtless what he says will be reiterated elsewhere. Gist here on Guardian live update :

10.34am GMT onward http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/04/ukraine-crisis-shots-fired-crimea-airbase

[jakeXT]

6. It's still a Bush classic "You are either with us or against us"

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Sanction threats are counterproductive

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“When I ask them ‘Do you believe you do everything legitimately,’ they say ‘Yes.’ And I have to remind them about the US actions in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, where they acted either without any UN Security Council mandate or through perverting a mandate, as was the case in Libya,” Putin said.

“Our partners, especially in the United States, always clearly and formulate for themselves their geopolitical and national interests, pursue them relentlessly and then drag the rest of the world in, using the principle ‘You are either with us or against us’. And harass those refuse to be dragged in,” he added.

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Putin sympathies with Maidan protesters, rejects coup

Putin stressed that the Ukrainian people had a legitimate reason to protest against Yanukovich’s power, considering the overwhelming corruption and other faults of his presidency.

But he objected to the illegitimate way his ouster took place, because it undermined the political stability in the country.

http://rt.com/news/putin-statement-ukraine-russia-743/

[RobertEarl]

7. That's a reasonable reply to the hype

Putin nails it. He was factual.

The ouster of the president did cause political strife.

And it caused a lot of warmongers to start drooling.

Seems as if Putin does not want to be know as a warmonger.

[jtuck004]

8. I'm going to Goodwill later to see if I can find a used desk. Because, growing up, any

time there was trouble with the Russians, the adults had us all crawling under desks.

I should have prepared and put a desk in storage a long time ago.

[dipsydoodle]

9. Video here : Putin - Press conference (konferenca per shtyp)

with translation.