Crimean peninsula could be a second Chechnya for Russians Yulia Tymoshenko has sounded the alarm against a guerrilla war.

Yulia Tymoshenko calls on the EU to a hard line against Russia. “So far, the instruments that the U.S. and the EU have used, had no tangible results,” said the former Ukrainian prime minister. Should Russia annex the Crimea, Tymoshenko fears bad: It warns against a guerrilla war

The Ukranian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk has reiterated its willingness for talks with Russia. Previously, Russia must withdraw its troops but, comply with international agreements and cease its support for “separatists and terrorists” in Ukraine, Yatsenyuk said. He had asked for a second telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev.

By the way first US Warship  “USS Truxtun” is on the way to the Black Sea. It is, according to the U.S. by a routine mission, which had been scheduled long before the Crimean crisis.

In the Crimean crisis Russia’s largest company under pressure. The shares of Gazprom crashed by twelve percent on Monday. The rating agency Moody’s now reassured investors who have invested in Gazprom. In an analysis of Moody’s writes that Gazprom has enough scope to mitigate the negative effects of the Crimean crisis. Even a brief interruption of gas supplies could put away the company. Here you can read the brief analysis by Moody’s.

[adrotate group=”12″]