The current crisis in the East of Ukraine is a direct consequence of the intervention of the West in the Affairs of Ukraine, said the Russian foreign Ministry.

"The line on the blatant interference in the internal Affairs of other countries has been implemented in Ukraine, where under the influence of and in direct support of the US and the EU in February of 2014 occurred unconstitutional change of power, leading to the tragic events of the civil conflict in the South-East of the country," according to the report of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, released on Tuesday.

"Unfortunately, many of lawlessness against civilians from controlled by Ukrainian authorities of the armed forces, mass killings and humanitarian disaster in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions are not interested in those who some time ago was "distressed" about human rights in Kosovo, " the Russian Ministry.

The Ministry called on all partners of the Russian Federation to make the right choice between short-term market conditions political gain and strategic interests of building a reliable system of European security on the basis of the principle of indivisibility, equality and mutual respect of interests.

"The logic of global development, common to all humanity challenges and risks, as ever, dictate the need for collective decisions within the framework of international formats," according to the report.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, came amid a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have taken a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.

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