Airlines Warned Flying Over Crimea 'Risky'

Airlines have been warned to avoid the airspace over Crimea after it voted to split from Ukraine and was annexed by Russia.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said there were "serious risks to the safety of international civil flights" after Russia said it intended to take over air traffic control over the peninsula.

The warning came as Russia summoned the German ambassador to Moscow over remarks made by the country's finance minister.

"We consider such pseudo-historical references by the German minister provocative," it said in a statement.

"The comparisons by him are a gross manipulation of historic facts."

An inquiry by authorities in Kiev blamed riot police for killing protesters

Wolfgang Schaeuble said Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region were reminiscent of Adolf Hitler's aggression in 1938 that led to the annexation of German-speaking regions of Czechoslovakia.

The EASA said it was advising planes to avoid Crimean airspace citing an "unsafe situation", because of the possible risks posed by two countries trying to control it.

In the meantime, an inquiry by the Ukrainian authorities has blamed the killing of more than 100 protesters in February on the feared Berkut riot police.

Members of the Berkut during the February protests

It also concluded ousted President Viktor Yanukovych was involved in drawing up plans which saw police snipers shoot dead dozens of demonstrators, and indicated Moscow had a role in the deadly violence.

The suggestion of Russian involvement is likely to further increase tensions between the neighbouring countries, after Russia seized control of the southern Crimea region.

Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said: "The former government of the country gave criminal orders and a huge number of people suffered in the 'mincer'."

The killing of protesters, following three months of largely peaceful demonstrations over Mr Yanukovych's decision to seek closer ties with Russia rather than the EU, caused him to flee.

The Crimea crisis has strained East-West relations

Russia has denied any involvement in the unrest in Kiev.

Konstantin Dolgov, a Russian Foreign Ministry official, said: "We caution against forming hasty and politicised conclusions based on material and hypotheses that have 'suddenly' surfaced."

The stand-off over Crimea has caused the worst East-West crisis since the ending of the Cold War.

Moscow says the US needs to accept the Black Sea peninsula is now part of Russia.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said: "What can one advise our U.S. colleagues to do? Spend more time in the open, practice yoga, stick to food-combining diets, maybe watch some comedy sketch shows on TV."

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