Miting with a slope in the pogrom

On Saturday, June 14, an action was held around the Russian Embassy in Kyiv, the participants of which were tuned quite hostile to the Russian authorities. The result was broken glass, removed flag, painted walls and inverted cars.

The action began in the afternoon, at about 17 hours local time, about 300 people took part in it. The slogans sounded: “Glory to Ukraine is glory to the heroes!”, “Kremlin, take your hands away from Ukraine!” And "There is no negotiations with Putin!" Then, some protesters began to shout out obscene phrases, and smartphones with an obscene song about Putin composed by football fans were applied to the megaphones. The actions of activists were supported by cars passing by, signaling them and including patriotic songs. With these actions, the audience reacted to the news of the Il-76, the fifty dead and the penetration of tanks of the Russian Federation into the territory of Ukraine.

Nobody left the embassy to the protesters. The actions of participants in the action became more active. The plate with the inscription "Embassy of the Russian Federation" was painted in the colors of the state flag of Ukraine. At the entrance to the diplomatic mission, tires were laid out. This was spoke out inside the spokesman for the embassy Oleg Grishin: “We are afraid that they will set fire to the tires, as it was on the Maidan. The situation is complex, we feel in relative safety, but psychological pressure affects. ” Then the Russian Foreign Ministry demanded that the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs protect the life and health of diplomats from Russia now in Kyiv, but no active actions of the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies were noticed.

The action continued. Some participants began to disassemble the paving stones under their feet and throw it into the windows of the embassy - soon the glass on the lower floors were broken. Smoke bombs and explosives also flew inside. The walls of the embassy were thrown into eggs and bubbles with green, and the nearby cars of the diplomats were turned upside down. The flag of Russia at the embassy was torn off and the flag of Ukraine was posted on the fence.

At the very beginning of the rally, the building was surrounded by the police, but later they were surrounded by the protesters themselves, and the police left the scene. Moreover, the Kyiv police initially reported that the action was calm. “There are no global violations. Law enforcement officers work on the spot under the legislation, ”said Olga Bilyk, head of the public relations department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kyiv.

Maidan activists unsuccessfully tried to normalize the situation near the Embassy of the Russian Federation. Later, their coordination council and the press center said they had nothing to do with the action, and it is “beneficial to the enemies of Ukraine”, who “can use these events against the Ukrainian people”. In their opinion, there are more effective methods of impact on Moscow, namely: “The review of the Embassy of Ukraine from Russia, a breakdown of diplomatic relations, a complete overlap of the border with the Russian Federation, blocking the accounts and property of Russian state -owned companies.” At the same time, Interfax reports that the Maidanists joined the actions of the pickets, throwing checkers and eggs at the embassy with them.

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A few hours after the start of the promotion, the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrei Deshchitsa, Minister of Intranshel of Ukraine Arsen Avakov, the Ambassador of Ukraine to Russia Vladimir Yelchenko and the Minister of Supplines arrived to the protesters.

“I promise to you that at the next meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, I will raise the question of the complete closure of the border,” Andrei Deshchitsa said to be pronounced. - If Russia continues to do this, we will need to break [diplomatic relations], but the breakdown of diplomatic relations is the latest point in relations with Russia. We need to find all the necessary mechanisms to resolve the situation. If we tear out the diplomatic deale, we will not be able to solve the issues of people who are in Russia. ”

He also said that he came to the Russian embassy, ​​"in order to prevent vandalism in relation to diplomatic mission." “This is obligated by the diplomatic obligations of the parties to the Vienna Convention on international relations. We want to preserve our face in front of the international community, ”the diplomat emphasized .. The child noted that people protest in different ways, sometimes aggressively. "But we are here in order to prevent the assault on the embassy."

Subsequently, the RIA-News reported that the kiddue told the assembled at the embassy building that he was in solidarity with the protesters and "would stand here." He also solidarized with a fan song about the Russian president, containing abnormal vocabulary. The crowd met this fact with applause and approving cries. The minister, who, after what was said, was shot at once on the cameras of the phones at once, and then broadcast Ukrainian civil television Hromadske.tv.

Explaining the situation, the kidsman in an interview with Echo of Moscow stated that his performance was aimed at softening the tense situation near the embassy building: “At that moment, the main thing was to keep people.”

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In addition, in the commentary of Interfax , the kids noted that he advocates the non -violent holding of protest promotions and the expression of emotions. “I called people to express their dissatisfaction, emotions and protests without power. Want to sing it - sing, but do not throw stones at the embassy building, ”he said.

As a result, representatives of the protesters handed over their requirements to the second secretary of the embassy, ​​Interfax reports . They entered the embassy building, accompanied by journalists. Oleg Radozozhenko, the main ideologist of the Social-National Assembly Assembly, told the representative of the diplomatic mission to the representative of the diplomatic mission: this is a commentary on the part of the Russian Federation regarding the aircraft shot down by paratroopers in Lugansk and a request to diplomats on behalf of the picketers to leave the embassy.

For his part, Shapovalov assured that the requirements will be transferred to Moscow: “Tonight you have been handed over to Moscow,” he said. After that, the protesters and the press left the embassy building.

On the night of June 15, the action ended, the broken dipavots were loaded into tow trucks, traffic on the surrounding streets was restored, law enforcement officers continued to be on duty at the Russian embassy. Law enforcement officers detained some participants in the action, together the Ukrainian news agency UNN.

The reaction of the authorities

The Russian Foreign Ministry noted the inaction of law enforcement agencies in relation to the Russian diplomatic mission: “Despite the repeated appeals of the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Russian Embassy in Ukraine to Ukrainian official authorities, the law enforcement bodies have not taken any measures to protect the Russian Embassy in Kyiv, which is a gross violation of the international obligations of Ukraine,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry at night made a special statement dedicated to what was happening: “ On June 14 of this year, a promotion of the proshesia against the aggressive policy of the Kremlin and Russian support for the actions of terrorists and separatists, who lead to the death of Ukrainian citizens and military personnel, took place near the embassy of the Russian Federation. The last tragedy was the murder of dozens of Ukrainian troops with modern Russian weapons, destroyed on an airplane over Lugansk.

The indignation of protesters at the same time was used to attempts provocative actions that do not meet the established norms of international relations and the protection of diplomatic institutions.

The Ukrainian authorities reacted to provocative attempts.

According to law enforcement agencies, individual provocateurs were detained. The Ukrainian government is taking all measures so that the protest is peacefully , and the safety of the diplomatic representation is restored .

Photo: Vesti.ua The general stabilization of the situation depends on the readiness of the Russian side to stop supporting terrorists and contribute to the implementation of peaceful settlement in certain areas of the East of the country ”

Russia invited the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution with condemning an attack on the Russian embassy in Kyiv. The country spread a project among 15 UN member countries, where the attack condemned, which caused damage to the building and property of the embassy, ​​it is allegedly created a threat to the life of its staff, which seriously prevented the work of the diplomatic mission. Western countries blocked this statement, reports RIA-Novi .

Similar situations

The diplomatic missions of different countries, including Russia, are not the first to attacked in the countries of stay. This usually happens when the countries represented are actively involved in conflicts in these countries.

In 2013, there were three such cases with Russian diplomatic representative offices: on November 28 in Damascus (Syria), the militants underwent the area where the Russian Embassy was located. One mine exploded in the territory of the diplomatic mission, the other in the immediate vicinity. One Syrian citizen, nine people, including from the Syrian guard of the embassy, ​​were killed, were injured. Russian citizens were not injured.

On November 11, in Warsaw (Poland), the diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation was thrown with bottles, stones and firecrackers. It is also reported that the hooligans set fire to the police booth next to the building. The police dispersed the crowd with the help of tear gas and water bodies, none of the embassy employees were injured. Thus, the annual “march of independence” ended - the traditional procession of nationalist organizations.

On October 2, a group of young people organized a rally of protest at the building of the Russian diplomatic mission after the murder of the murder of the Air Force officer of the Libyan army, in which the Russian citizen was suspected. During the action, the participants set fire to a car parked at the embassy, ​​they began to smash the central gate of the mission. The security of the embassy opened fire on the attackers. Two were killed and several more people were injured. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the attackers managed to break into the territory of the embassy, ​​whose employees and their family members took refuge in protected premises. After the attack of the Russian Federation, she decided to evacuate her diplomats from Libya, but then some of them returned back.

In all three cases, the official authorities condemned the actions of the pickets, and the appropriate measures were taken by law enforcement agencies. And in August 2012, in London (Great Britain), opponents of the ruling regime in Syria attacked the building of the Russian Embassy and, according to diplomats, did not meet the proper rebuke by the London police. The attackers chanted the slogans directed against the president and the Government of Syria, threw cobblestones into the building of the diplomatic mission. As a result, glass was knocked out, the building caused significant material damage. None of the employees of the diplomatic mission were injured.

Recall that then Russia's position on the Syrian issue was criticized by a significant part of the opponents of the Syrian leadership, governments and residents of the Western and Arab countries. Moscow actually blocked a full -fledged external military intervention in the intra -Syrian confrontation. The Russian authorities noted that the assignment of responsibility for the death of the civilian population on only one side, as well as the requirement of the resignation of President Bashar al -Assad, is unacceptable. Russia blocked the legal initiatives of the UN Security Council three times aimed at condemning the Syrian authorities. The United States then stated that Russia itself was to blame for the embassy.