Volodymyr Ishchenko.
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Volodymyr Ishchenko, deputy director of the Center for Society Research in Kiev, interviewed by Maxime Benatouil
Unarmed Ukrainian troops march on the Belbek airfield in Crimea to retake it from soldiers under Russian command. After a shouting match, the Ukrainians withdrew and some members of both sides played soccer together.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon (centre).
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By Jean-Luc Mélenchon, translated by Dick Nichols
Crimeans vote in the referendum on the region's political future.
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By Roger Annis
See also "France: Parti de Gauche leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Ukraine". For more on Ukraine, click HERE.
March 21, 2014 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- A number of European left parties have released statements on the developments in Ukraine, Crimea and the region. Unless otherwise stated, they have been translated by Dick Nichols, Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal and Green Left Weekly correspondent in Europe. There are statements from Déi Lénk (The Left), Luxemburg; Sortu, the radical left Basque Country party; the Communist Party of France; the Communist Party of Spain; and Gregor Gysi, chair of Germany's Die Linke (The Left). More will be added as they come to hand.
Russian troops in Crimea.
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal has published a range of views from the left on developments in Ukraine and Crimea HERE.
Far-right militia in Ukraine. Photo via Drugoi