Turkey could close the Bosphorus for Russian ships, if there is violence against Crimean Tatars, said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan.

EU is “forced” to use the enlargement policy towards Ukraine, Commissioner Stefan Füle said on Tuesday. Füle said that the block should use ” its strongest instrument ” if it wants to deal with ” this part of Eastern Europe that have affected recent events . “

Minister of Foreign Affairs of France said that the leaders of the Group of Eight world powers have suspended the participation of Russia in the club as tensions