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09:05 : Anna Colin Lebedev, researcher specializing in post-Soviet regions, will answer your questions on the Ukrainian crisis during a chat on our site, this morning from 10 am. You can already send us your questions in the comments, we will ask them live!
09:02 : It’s already 9 a.m., let’s take the time to take stock of this Wednesday morning’s news:
• After the United States and the EU, Japan and Canada announced a series of sanctions against Moscow and the Ukrainian separatist territories. Russia sent the first troops to the Donbass region yesterday.
• Parliament must today adopt the extension of the period for voluntary termination of pregnancy to 14 weeks. A final vote will take place this afternoon at the Assembly.
• Floods left one dead and ten missing in eastern Australia. Nearly 50cm of rain has fallen in parts of Queensland over the past 24 hours.
Yannick Jadot collected the 500 sponsorships necessary to be a candidate and joined six other politicians in the race for the Elysée. Marine Le Pen and Eric Zemmour have canceled trips to find the signatures of elected officials.
09:00 : Alina, Ukrainian who grew up in France, closely follows the events on the border with Russia. “Putin is trying to erase Ukrainian history. And it helps to understand why the Ukrainian people are fighting for their freedom“she testifies in our article.
(AGATHE MAHUET / FRANCEINFO / RADIO FRANCE)
08:57 : “I said : ‘It’s genius’. (…) What is he [Vladimir Poutine] is smart.”
Donald Trump, who has been criticized in the past for his closeness to Vladimir Putin, said yesterday he saw “Genius” in the strategy of the Russian president on the Ukrainian crisis. The Republican, however, felt that the Kremlin “would never have done under the Trump administration what he is doing now.”
07:59 : Anna Colin Lebedev, researcher specializing in post-Soviet regions, will answer your questions on the Ukrainian crisis during a chat on our site, this morning from 10 am. You can already send us your questions in the comments, we will ask them live!
07:47 : These days, the daily life of French nationals living in Ukraine could be summed up as follows: “And what are you doing? Are you staying, are you leaving?” Tired of having the Russian threat over their heads, many of them have already left the country. According to our information, they would be more than 350 still on the spot. I collected their testimonies.
(RAPHAEL GODET / FRANCEINFO)
07:31 : The days pass and the subject which occupies the front page of our newspapers does not change. Release and Le Figaro are wondering about the consequences of the crisis in Ukraine, when The echoes return to Western sanctions against Moscow.
(RELEASE)
(LE FIGARO)
(THE ECHOES)
07:15 : Russia now recognizes the sovereignty of the separatists over the entire Lugansk and Donetsk regions. However, in the Donbass, some villagers do not fear the arrival of Russian soldiers. Report in Adamska, a town of less than 100 inhabitants.
(VALENTIN DUNATE / RADIO FRANCE)
06:23 : “Vladimir Putin may have underestimated the firmness of the response from the international community. (…) This firm and united response across the world will end up costing President Putin dearly.”
06:19 : From “additional penalties” will be imposed on Russian state-backed banks and Canada will “prohibit any financial transaction with them”, adds Justin Trudeau. These sanctions will be in place “until the territorial integrity of Ukraine is restored”.
06:20 : Canada is also announcing a “series of penalties” economy against Russia. Ottawa will in particular “prohibit Canadians from carrying out any foreign transactions” with pro-Russian separatist territories, impose sanctions on Russian parliamentarians who voted in favor of the “illegal decision to recognize these territories” and “ban Canadians from participating in purchases of Russian debt”said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
(DAVE CHAN / AFP)
07:00 : New sanctions against Moscow. Japan “strongly condemns” the recognition by the Kremlin of the Ukrainian separatist territories, and the arrival of Russian troops in the Donbass. In response to these actions, Tokyo decided to ban the issuance and trading of Russian government bonds in Japan. Another measure: the ban on issuing visas to persons linked to the “two so-called republics” separatists, as well as the freezing of their assets and the prohibition of trade with these regions.
07:27 : Here are the main titles of this morning:
After the United States and the EU, Japan and Canada announced a series of sanctions against Moscow and the Ukrainian separatist territories. Russia sent the first troops to the Donbass region yesterday.
• Parliament must today adopt the extension of the period for voluntary termination of pregnancy to 14 weeks. A final vote will take place this afternoon at the Assembly.
• Floods left one dead and ten missing in eastern Australia. Nearly 50cm of rain has fallen in parts of Queensland over the past 24 hours.
Yannick Jadot collected the 500 sponsorships necessary to be a candidate and joined six other politicians in the race for the Elysée. Marine Le Pen and Eric Zemmour have canceled trips to find the signatures of elected officials.