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Ukraine: UN condemns Crimea vote as IMF and US back loans The UN General Assembly has approved a resolution describing the Moscow-backed referendum that led to Russia's annexation of Crimea as illegal. It comes after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed to a loan deal with Ukraine worth $14-18bn. The US Congress also passed legislation on Thursday backing a $1bn loan guarantee for Ukraine. Tensions are high between Russia and the West after pro-Russian troops annexed Ukraine's southern peninsula. The West has widely condemned the move, with US President Barack Obama warning on Wednesday of "deeper" EU and US sanctions against Russia if it carried out further incursions in Ukraine. Non-binding One hundred countries voted in favour of approving a UN General Assembly resolution declaring the Crimean referendum on 16 March illegal and affirming Ukraine's territorial integrity. Eleven nations voted against, with 58 abstentions. "This support has come from all corners of the world which shows that this (is) not only a regional matter but a global one,'' Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia told reporters after the vote. But Russia's ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, said "the fact that almost half" of the UN General Assembly members had not supported the resolution was "a very encouraging trend and I think this trend will become stronger and stronger". Given that the resolution was non-binding, the vote was largely symbolic, says the BBC's Nick Bryant in New York. But Ukraine hopes the resolution will act as a deterrent and dissuade Moscow from making further incursions into its territory, he adds. President Obama said the IMF announcement, which would unlock a further $10bn in loans for Ukraine, was a "major step forward" to help stabilise the country's economy and meet the long-term needs of its people. Speaking after talks with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in Rome on Thursday, Mr Obama said it was a "concrete signal" that the world stood united with Ukraine at a difficult time. A bill was also passed in the US Senate and House of Representatives on Thursday providing $1bn in loan guarantees aimed at stabilising Ukraine's economy. The measure still needs to be signed into law by President Obama. Ukraine's interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk had earlier told parliament the country was on the ""on the edge of economic and financial bankruptcy". 'Door of diplomacy' On Thursday evening, some 2,000 protesters belonging to the far-right nationalist group, Right Sector, gathered outside the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev demanding the resignation of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov. They blame Mr Avakov for the death of one of the group's leaders, Oleksandr Muzychko, in an arrest operation earlier this week. A BBC correspondent at the scene described the crowd's mood as aggressive, with MPs urging them to move away from the premises through loudspeakers. The protesters smashed several windows and vowed to return on Friday morning before retreating, the AFP news agency reports. Meanwhile, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko earlier announced she planned to run for president of Ukraine in the elections expected to take place on 25 May. Ms Tymoshenko, who has already served twice as prime minister and ran for president in 2010, said she would stand as "a candidate for Ukrainian unity". She was released after serving three years in jail on corruption charges, following the ousting of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych in February. More than 100 people were killed during protests which overthrew pro-Kremlin President Yanukovych in February. They followed months of street protests sparked by Mr Yanukovych's decision to reject a planned EU trade deal in favour of closer ties with Moscow. Since then, Russia has annexed the Crimean peninsula, which last week voted to become part of the Russian federation. Mr Obama said on Thursday that the US hoped Russia would "walk through the door of diplomacy" and resolve the issue in a peaceful way. In other Ukraine developments: - Six Ukrainian military officers detained by Russian troops in Crimea have been released, but five remain in custody; those released include Col Yuli Mamchur, the commander of Belbek base which fell on Saturday - Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk says the price Ukraine pays for Russian gas will increase by 79% from 1 April - Russian President Vladimir Putin announces plans for a new domestic payment system to circumvent financial sanctions imposed by Western nations over the Crimea issue.
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'क्राइमियाको जनमतसंग्रह अवैध' संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघ महासभाले रुसको समर्थनमा भएको क्राइमियाको जनमतसंग्रहलाई अवैध ठहर्याइएको एउटा प्रस्ताव अनुमोदन गरेको छ। उक्त जनमत संग्रहको परिणाम स्वरुप क्राइमियालाई आफूमा बिलय गराउने निर्णय रुसी संसदले अनुमोदन गरिसकेको छ। अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय मुद्रा कोषद्वारा युक्रेनलाई १४ देखि १८ अर्व डलर ऋण दिने सहमति गरिए लगत्तै राष्ट्रसंघको पछिल्लो निर्णय आएको हो। मतदान संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघ महासभाले १६ मार्चमा क्राइमियामा भएको जनमत संग्रहलाई अवैध भनिएको प्रस्तावको पक्षमा एक सय देशले मतदान गरेका थिए। ११ देशले प्रस्तावको विपक्षमा मतदान गरेका थिए भने ५८ देशले उक्त मतदानमा भाग लिएनन्। मतदानपछि पत्रकारसँग कुराकानी गर्दै यूक्रेनका विदेशमन्त्री एन्ड्रि डेश्चित्सियाले भने, “यो समर्थन दूनियाको हरेक कुनाबाट आएको छ र यो एउटा क्षेत्रिय मात्र नभई अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय मामिला हो भन्ने कुरा प्रमाणित भएको छ।” तर मस्कोले आफूले क्रामियाली जनताको आत्मनिर्णयको अधिकारको समर्थन गरेको जनाएको छ। संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघमा रुसी प्रतिनिधि भिताली चुरकिनले महासभाका करिव आधा सदस्यहरुले प्रस्तावको समर्थन नगरेको उल्लेख गर्दै भने, “यो निकै उत्साहजनक कुरा हो र यो विचार दिन प्रतिदिन बलियो हुने मेरो विश्वास छ।” सो प्रस्तावलाई समर्थन जनाएका पश्चिमा शक्तिहरुले राष्ट्रसंघको निर्णयले रुसलाई कुटनीतिक रुपमा एक्ल्याउने आशा व्यक्त गरेका छन्। मतदान अघि बल्दै राष्ट्रसंघका लागी अमेरीकी राजदुत स्मान्था पावेलले भनिन्, “आत्मनिर्णयको अधिकारलाई हामी सबैले सम्मान गर्छौ र त्यसो गर्दा राष्ट्रिय र अन्तराष्ट्रिय कानुनका गम्भीर मूल्य मान्यतालाई सम्मान गर्दै निर्णय गर्ने गरिन्छ, जोरजबरजस्ती गराउनु आत्मनिर्णयको माध्यम होइन्।” तनाव अमेरीकी संसदले बिहिवार युक्रेनलाई एक अर्ब डलर ऋण जमानतमा उपलब्ध गराउने सम्बन्धी एउटा कानुन पारीत गरेको छ। महासभामा करिव आधा सदस्यले प्रस्तावको पक्षमा मतदान नगर्नु उत्साहजनक कुरा हो युक्रेनको दक्षिणी प्रायद्वीपमा रुस समर्थित सैनिकको कब्जापछि रुस र अन्य पश्चिमि देशबीचको तनाव लगातार बढिरहेको छ। पश्चिमा देशहरुले रुसको उक्त कदमको कडा शब्दमा आलोचना गरेका छन्। अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति बराक ओवामाले बुधवार मात्रै रुसले युक्रेनमा अझै बढी कब्जाको प्रयास गरेमा युरोपेली संघ र आफ्नो देशले उ विरुद्ध थप कडा प्रतिबन्धहरु लगाउने चतावनी दिएका थिए। न्युयोर्कस्थित बीबीसीका सम्वाददाता निक ब्रायंट भन्छन्, "यो प्रस्ताव बाध्यकारी थिएन्, त्यसैले त्यसका निम्ति भएको मतदान धेरै हदसम्म प्रतीकात्मक छ।" यस अघि युक्रेनका अन्तरिम प्रधानमन्त्री आरसेनी यात्सेन्युकले संसदमा बोल्दै देश आर्थिक र वित्तिय रुपमा टाँट पल्टिने स्थितिमा रहेको बताएका थिए। युक्रेनमा भएका विरोध प्रदर्शनका क्रममा एक सयभन्दा बढिको ज्यान गएको थियो।