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Announcing that the U.S. and its allies have mobilized to isolate Russia, President Barack Obama has imposed sanctions on key individuals Washington deems responsible for a Moscow-backed referendum in Ukraine's Crimea aimed at putting the region under Russia's control. Speaking at the White House, Obama announced that he ordered sanctions against 11 Russian and Ukrainian officials, including two top advisers to Russia's President Vladimir Putin, in addition to ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. All will be subject to asset freezes. In an executive order issued earlier, Obama said that the policies and actions of the Russian Federation have been found to “undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to the misappropriation of its assets, and thereby constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.” He said Washington stands ready to impose further sanctions if necessary, if Russia chooses to escalate the situation. Obama also pledged "unwavering" U.S. support for Ukraine, following Crimea's moves toward joining the Russian Federation. President Obama's Steps to Support Ukraine and Isolate Russia Obama said Vice President Joe Biden leaves for Europe later on March 17 to discuss the situation with NATO allies. The president himself is slated to to go Europe next week. The speaker of Russia's upper house of parliament, Valentina Matviyenko, herself a target of the U.S.-imposed sanctions, has denounced them as "political blackmail." US sanctions against Putin not ruled out The Obama administration does not rule out any Russian officials as possible future targets for U.S. sanctions over the Ukraine crisis, a White House spokesman said on Monday when asked whether Russian President Vladimir Putin could later be subject to punitive measures. ”The authority exists to apply sanctions to a variety of individuals and entities,” White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters. “We're not going to rule out individuals or rule out actions.” Putin himself was not named among the group of 11 Russian and Ukrainian officials against whom U.S. sanctions were imposed. EU measures Separately, European Union foreign ministers have agreed to impose sanctions including travel bans and asset freezes on 21 officals from Russia and Ukraine, Lithuania's foreign minister said on Monday. After a meeting lasting around three hours, the EU's 28 foreign ministers quickly reached agreement on the list of those to be sanctioned for their part in Russia's seizure of Crimea and Sunday's referendum to secede from Ukraine and join Russia. In a related move, the EU has begun discussing the need to reduce its reliance on Russian energy, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Monday. ”We have started today discussing the longer term, the need to reduce European dependence on Russian energy over many years to come,” Hague said on Sky News after a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels. Hague also said more names could be added to the sanctions list of 21 Russians and Ukrainians imposed by the EU. He said the scope of future sanctions would depend on how Russia reacted to Crimea's application to join Russia following Sunday's referendum. In addition to responses from the U.S. and the EU, NATO released a statement Monday calling the Crimea referendum "illegal and illegitimate." It said the vote violates the Ukrainian constitution and international law, and added that the circumstances under which the referendum was held were "deeply flawed and therefore unacceptable." Ukraine, EU to sign pact Ukraine will sign an agreement on closer political cooperation with the European Union on Friday, leaving the signing of a more far-reaching trade accord for later, the EU said on Monday. EU foreign ministers said in a statement after meeting in Brussels that they looked forward to the signing of the political provisions of the so-called association agreement that Ukraine had negotiated with the 28-nation EU, on March 21. The agreement is expected to be signed on the sidelines of an EU summit being held in Brussels that day. Now ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych turned his back on signing the association agreement in favour of closer ties with Moscow last November, prompting months of street protests that eventually led to his fleeing the country. Secession vote Earlier Monday, Crimea's regional assembly declared independence from Ukraine and applied to become part of Russia, a day after a controversial referendum in Crimea overwhelmingly supported joining the Russian Federation. A White House statement called Sunday's referendum illegal and said it violates Ukraine's constitution. It also said the vote will "never be recognized by the United States and the international community." Crimea's election chief announced Monday that nearly 97 percent of voters cast ballots supporting secession and a move to join Russia. In Kyiv, Ukraine's interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk - speaking at an emergency cabinet meeting - called the Moscow-backed Crimea vote "a circus spectacle" directed at gunpoint by Russia. Ukraine's parliament endorsed on Monday a plan to mobilize 40,000 reservists to counter Russia's "blatant aggression" in Crimea. Some 20,000 of the country's national guard troops have also been mobilized. Also on Monday, Ukraine recalled its ambassador to Russia for consultations. ”In connection with the situation in Crimea and the necessity of discussing some of its international aspects, the Ukrainian side is recalling its ambassador to the Russian Federation, Volodymyr Yelchenko,” the Foreign Ministry in Kyiv said. Russian Duma set to act Meanwhile, Russia's lower house of parliament will pass legislation allowing Ukraine's Crimea region to join Russia “in the very near future”, Interfax news agency quoted the chamber's deputy speaker as saying on Monday. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he will respect the will of the people in Crimea, ignoring Western leaders who say the referendum was illegal because Russian forces have seized the southern region. “The results of the referendum in Crimea clearly showed that residents of Crimea see their future only as part of Russia,” the deputy speaker of the State Duma, Sergei Neverov, was quoted as saying. Duma officials claim the Black Sea peninsula can become a member of the Russian Federation under current legislation, specifically under a law “On the procedure for the adoption into the Russian Federation and education of new subjects of the Russian Federation” that was passed in 2001, Interfax said. Russia rejects UN report Russia rejected as biased on Monday an assessment by a United Nations official who questioned accusations that Ukraine's Russian-speaking population faced systematic human rights abuses. The Russian Foreign Ministry statement criticized U.N. Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic who said last week there had been violations against ethnic Russians in Ukraine but said there was no evidence they were “widespread or systematic.” The biased, prejudiced and unobjective assessment of I. Simonovic on the human rights situation in the country calls forth surprise and confusion,” said the ministry in a statement. Russia has effectively seized control of Ukraine's broadly Russian-speaking Crimea region. There are also large Russian-speaking populations in the east of the country. The statement also criticized Simonovic for a statement of concern over the state of human rights for ethnic Tatars in Crimea. Russia has been justifying its incursion into Crimea as necessary to protect the rights of ethnic Russians living on the peninsula. Reactions in Kyiv Thousands of Ukrainians gathered in central Kyiv Sunday to voice opposition to the referendum and what the perceive as Moscow's moves to divide the Ukraine. But the mood was somber as many Ukrainians feel helpless against Russia's might and military superiority, many fearing a further escalation of tensions. Irina, a restaurant manager who only gave her first name, said Crimea's fate likely was already decided in Moscow. She said none of this was right. This could have been done in a nice way, in an honest way, she said. This could have been done in a constitutionally correct way. And it seems to me, she said, everyone would have agreed to that. Moscow claims it is protecting ethnic Russians from persecution by Ukrainian “extremists” who it says illegitimately came to power after months of anti-government protests. Another Kyiv resident, Ira, who also only gave her first name, said she had nothing against Russians. She said she loves and respects the Russian people as much as Ukrainians, but not their government. She expressed hope that everything ends well, everyone becomes united, and that Crimea remains with Ukraine.
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क्राइमिया ‘स्वतन्त्र र सार्वभौम’: रुस क्राइमियालाई स्वतन्त्र र सार्वभौम राष्ट्रको मान्यता दिने प्रयास स्वरुपको पछिल्लो रुसी कदमलाई क्राइमिया रुसमा विलय हुनुअघिको अन्तरिम कदम मानिएको छ। रुसको त्यस्तो कदम अमेरिका र युरोपेली संघले क्राइमियामाथि रुसी हस्तक्षेपसंग जोडिएका केही प्रमुख रुसी र युक्रेनी अधिकारीहरुमाथि प्रतिवन्धहरु लगाए लगत्तै आएको हो। अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति ओबामाले विखण्डन निम्त्याए बापत परिणामहरु भोग्नु पर्ने र थप प्रतिवन्धहरुको घोषणा हुने बताए। ओबामाले क्राइमियाको संकटलाई अझै पनि कुटनैतिक तरिकाले समाधान गर्न सकिनेमा जोड दिए। चेतावनी अमेरिकी धारणाबारे ह्वाइट हाउसका प्रवक्ता जे कार्नेले भने, “यदि रुसले युक्रेनको अवस्थालाई सम्हाल्ने तौर तरिकामा परिवर्तन ल्याउँदैन भने रुसमाथि थप प्रतिवन्धहरु लाग्न सक्छन्।” युरोपेली संघ इयुकी विदेश नीति प्रमुख क्याथरिन अश्टनलेले ती अधिकारीहरु युक्रेनको भूभागको अखण्डता र सर्वभौमिकतामाथि आघात पुर्याउनको निम्ति जिम्मेवार भएको बताइन्। “वर्तमान प्रक्रियालाई उल्ट्याउन जरुरी छ नत्र भने त्यो नकारात्मकबाटोमा जानो सक्छ।“ अश्टनले भनिन्,“क्राइमियालाई रुसमा गाभ्न पाइदैन, त्याहाँबाट रुसी सेना फिर्ता हुनु पर्दछ।” “समस्या समाधान गर्नको निम्ति रुसले युक्रेनसंग कुटनैतिक वार्ता थाल्नु पर्दछ।” रुसका सहायक विदेश मन्त्री सर्गेइ र्याव्कोवले प्रतिवन्धहरु लगाउने अमेरिकी कदमहरुले उस्को एकपक्षीय र असन्तुलित रबैया प्रतिबिम्बित गरेको प्रतिक्रिया दिएका छन्। अमेरिका र युरोपेली संघ इयुले प्रतिवन्धले निशाना बनाएकाहरुमा युक्रेनका सत्ताच्युत गरिएका राष्ट्रपति भिक्टर यानुकोभिच, क्राइमियाका उच्च अधिकारीहरु, रुसी संसदका सदस्यहरु, रुसी सैन्य अधिकारीहरु र राष्ट्रपतिका दुई जना सहयोगीहरु छन्।