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"Russian foreign minister Sergei #Lavrov issued the #warning (Western sanctions over the Crimea dispute are unacceptable, and has threatened "consequences") in a telephone call to US Secretary of State John #Kerry." http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26641217
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"Moscow accused Western countries of #violating the 'Budapest Memorandum' (signed in 1994) which guarantees Ukraine's territorial integrity. "The question is, how the guarantees (envisaged by the memorandum) could be matched with the #US and the #EU's threats to use sanctions against Ukrainian leadership during the riots in Kiev," the foreign ministry said in a statement." http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-03/19/c_133198950.htm cc @question
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"... #Latvia said the EU should #compensate any countries hurt by #sanctions against Russia. The 3 former Soviet Baltic states, home to Russian-speaking minorities and dependent on Russian energy supplies, could suffer in any retaliation." http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/17/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA1Q1E820140317 cc @question
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