{"id":415707,"date":"2015-03-19T16:51:44","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T14:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/?p=415707"},"modified":"2015-03-19T16:51:44","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T14:51:44","slug":"remember-crimea-british-ambassador-to-moldova-mr-phillip-batson-reflects-on-consequences-and-challenges-a-year-after-annexation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/remember-crimea-british-ambassador-to-moldova-mr-phillip-batson-reflects-on-consequences-and-challenges-a-year-after-annexation\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember Crimea. British Ambassador to Moldova, Mr Phillip Batson reflects on consequences and challenges a year after annexation"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ambasador_marea_britanie_chisinau.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-415695\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ambasador_marea_britanie_chisinau-790x1024.jpg\" alt=\"ambasador_marea_britanie_chisinau\" width=\"390\" height=\"506\" \/><\/a>A year ago, the Kremlin helped stage an illegal and illegitimate \u201creferendum\u201d in Crimea that culminated in Russia annexing Crimea from Ukraine, redrawing the map of Europe by force, and deepening the burgeoning crisis in east Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The so-called referendum, hastily prepared in just two weeks, was a mockery of democracy. There were no independent, international monitors. Instead elite Russian troops \u2013 the \u201clittle green men\u201d, as locals labelled them \u2013 enforced President Putin\u2019s will on the ground. We should not be under any illusions about the origin of these fighters. Their kit, their accents and their training all showed them to be Russian, even if their identifying insignia had been stripped.<\/p>\n<p>In the run up to the so-called referendum, Ukrainian terrestrial television stations were shut off in Crimea and anyone who spoke out against Russia\u2019s military occupation faced intimidation and threats. Since then, several have disappeared and others have been found dead, one showing signs of torture.<\/p>\n<p>All of this was done under the false claim from the Russian leadership that the rights of Russian-speakers in Crimea were under threat from Kyiv. This cynical ploy bore no credence whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, just last week Vladimir Putin admitted in an interview that he planned the annexation of Crimea weeks before the sham referendum took place. All the while, he was telling the international community that he was not considering the possibility of Crimea joining Russia and denying the presence of Russian troops.<\/p>\n<p>We know that there was never any threat to Russian speakers in Crimea or any other part of Ukraine. Shortly before the annexation, the OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities said there was \u201cno evidence of any violence or threats\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, reports by the United Nations, the Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Council of Europe\u2019s Commissioner for Human Rights have made clear that it was only after Russian occupation that human rights came under threat in Crimea. The effects have been especially felt by Crimea\u2019s ethnic minorities such as the sizeable Crimean Tatar community.<\/p>\n<p>It is vital that the significance of Crimea\u2019s annexation is not downplayed. Russia\u2019s aggressive actions there and in the Donbas are not only a threat to Ukraine but also to the rest of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>By annexing Ukraine\u2019s land, violating its territorial integrity, and destabilising east Ukraine with a steady supply of troops and weaponry Russia has challenged the 21stcentury democratic order and ripped up the international rulebook.<\/p>\n<p>These actions are a flagrant violation of a number of Russia\u2019s international commitments, including under the UN Charter, the OSCE Helsinki Final Act and the 1997 Partition Treaty on the Status and Conditions of the Black Sea Fleet with Ukraine. This is why Russia has been isolated in the Security Council and in the wider international community.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, all EU member states must rise to the challenge that Russia\u2019s actions pose to our shared values and our common security. No country, however large, can flout international norms and not face the consequences.<br \/>\nWe must not accept Russia\u2019s illegal annexation of Crimea as a new reality. The facts remain that this was an illegal act, Crimea remains occupied and its most vulnerable citizens are bearing the brunt of Russia\u2019s illiberal policies.<\/p>\n<p>The sad reality is that if Russia had not occupied Crimea last year and forced its people to vote at the point of a gun, people in Crimea would today be going about their business peacefully, as for the last 23 years, without the intimidation, hardship and physical danger that comes with illegal Russian annexation.<\/p>\n<p>There is a way out of this situation. Russia can still withdraw its troops from Crimea and eastern Ukraine, abide by its commitments under the Minsk agreements and let the Ukrainian people get on with running their own country.<\/p>\n<p>But until this happens, we will not ignore what has taken place in Crimea. Our established position is firm \u2013 Crimea\u2019s annexation is unacceptable, and we will continue to defend our values with sanctions that punish those responsible for taking Crimea from Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>A year ago, the Kremlin helped stage an illegal and illegitimate \u201creferendum\u201d in Crimea that culminated in Russia annexing Crimea from Ukraine, redrawing the map of Europe by force, and deepening the burgeoning crisis in east Ukraine. The so-called referendum, hastily prepared in just two weeks, was a mockery of democracy. There were no independent, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":379839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-415707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ambasador_marea_britanie_chisinau.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-415695\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ambasador_marea_britanie_chisinau-790x1024.jpg\" alt=\"ambasador_marea_britanie_chisinau\" width=\"390\" height=\"506\" \/><\/a>A year ago, the Kremlin helped stage an illegal and illegitimate \u201creferendum\u201d in Crimea that culminated in Russia annexing Crimea from Ukraine, redrawing the map of Europe by force, and deepening the burgeoning crisis in east Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The so-called referendum, hastily prepared in just two weeks, was a mockery of democracy. There were no independent, international monitors. Instead elite Russian troops \u2013 the \u201clittle green men\u201d, as locals labelled them \u2013 enforced President Putin\u2019s will on the ground. We should not be under any illusions about the origin of these fighters. Their kit, their accents and their training all showed them to be Russian, even if their identifying insignia had been stripped.<\/p>\n<p>In the run up to the so-called referendum, Ukrainian terrestrial television stations were shut off in Crimea and anyone who spoke out against Russia\u2019s military occupation faced intimidation and threats. Since then, several have disappeared and others have been found dead, one showing signs of torture.<\/p>\n<p>All of this was done under the false claim from the Russian leadership that the rights of Russian-speakers in Crimea were under threat from Kyiv. This cynical ploy bore no credence whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, just last week Vladimir Putin admitted in an interview that he planned the annexation of Crimea weeks before the sham referendum took place. All the while, he was telling the international community that he was not considering the possibility of Crimea joining Russia and denying the presence of Russian troops.<\/p>\n<p>We know that there was never any threat to Russian speakers in Crimea or any other part of Ukraine. Shortly before the annexation, the OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities said there was \u201cno evidence of any violence or threats\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, reports by the United Nations, the Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Council of Europe\u2019s Commissioner for Human Rights have made clear that it was only after Russian occupation that human rights came under threat in Crimea. The effects have been especially felt by Crimea\u2019s ethnic minorities such as the sizeable Crimean Tatar community.<\/p>\n<p>It is vital that the significance of Crimea\u2019s annexation is not downplayed. Russia\u2019s aggressive actions there and in the Donbas are not only a threat to Ukraine but also to the rest of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>By annexing Ukraine\u2019s land, violating its territorial integrity, and destabilising east Ukraine with a steady supply of troops and weaponry Russia has challenged the 21stcentury democratic order and ripped up the international rulebook.<\/p>\n<p>These actions are a flagrant violation of a number of Russia\u2019s international commitments, including under the UN Charter, the OSCE Helsinki Final Act and the 1997 Partition Treaty on the Status and Conditions of the Black Sea Fleet with Ukraine. This is why Russia has been isolated in the Security Council and in the wider international community.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, all EU member states must rise to the challenge that Russia\u2019s actions pose to our shared values and our common security. No country, however large, can flout international norms and not face the consequences.<br \/>\nWe must not accept Russia\u2019s illegal annexation of Crimea as a new reality. The facts remain that this was an illegal act, Crimea remains occupied and its most vulnerable citizens are bearing the brunt of Russia\u2019s illiberal policies.<\/p>\n<p>The sad reality is that if Russia had not occupied Crimea last year and forced its people to vote at the point of a gun, people in Crimea would today be going about their business peacefully, as for the last 23 years, without the intimidation, hardship and physical danger that comes with illegal Russian annexation.<\/p>\n<p>There is a way out of this situation. Russia can still withdraw its troops from Crimea and eastern Ukraine, abide by its commitments under the Minsk agreements and let the Ukrainian people get on with running their own country.<\/p>\n<p>But until this happens, we will not ignore what has taken place in Crimea. 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