Friday, May 02, 2014

Moscow Demands Confirmation Whether Russians Were Among Odessa Victims
Odessa Trade Union House on fire leaving 38 dead.
Russia  May 03, 4:36 UTC+4

MOSCOW, May 3 (Itar-Tass) - Moscow urged Kiev to give more information whether Russians were among Odessa fire victims, otherwise the report would be viewed as a new attempt to blame Russia for everything, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated.

Ukrainian media reported that 15 of the victims in Odessa were Russian citizens who allegedly had participated in protests.

"A question arises on what materials such conclusions are based. If all the victims are identified and there are confirming documents, they must be immediately made public, but not playing on feelings of relatives of the victims and trying to stir up emotions among people who are already pushed to the edge of the abyss.

"If there were no identification and no documents, then such a statement is another attempt to convince the public of some 'Russian trace' found in Odessa protest meetings.

"Such intention to blame Russia for everything at any cost, even at the cost of cruelly killed people, is prompted by the attempt to remove the responsibility from the Kiev leadership for what is happening in Ukraine," the Russian Foreign Ministry noted.


Moscow blames Kiev for tragic events in Odessa

Russia  May 03, 2:01 UTC+4

MOSCOW, May 3 (Itar-Tass) - Moscow condemns the actions that have led to 38 deaths in Odessa and blames Kiev for it.

"The tragic events in Odessa on May 2, in which, according to reports, 38 people died and 50 were injured, are viewed in Moscow as criminal irresponsibility of the Kiev leadership indulging insolent nationalist radicals, including the Right Sector, who are staging a campaign of physical terror against supporters of federalization and real constitutional changes in the Ukrainian society," the Russia

Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

"We categorically condemn it," the ministry said.

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