Ukraine blocks treasury system, Crimea declares it is doing just fine.

Ukraine blocks treasury system, Crimea declares it is doing just fine.

11:16 10/03/2014

(VTC News) - On March 9, the Russian news agency Interfax quoted Rustam Temirgaliyev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, as saying that the Kiev authorities had blocked the electronic systems of the Crimean State Treasury and frozen the republic's accounts.

Russia sends troops to Crimea; what future awaits Ukraine?

Russia sends troops to Crimea; what future awaits Ukraine?

09:54 02/03/2014

(VTC News) - Journalist Nguyen Dang Phat, an expert with many years of experience working in Russia and Eastern Europe, says the future of the Crimean Peninsula, formerly part of the Soviet Union, will remain unpredictable.

Ukraine is like a 'powder keg', airport looted.

Ukraine is like a 'powder keg', airport looted.

10:21 28/02/2014

(VTC News) - Russian media reported that dozens of armed men seized the central airport of Crimea while residents there were still debating whether to become a republic within Russia.