in Crimea. 27 March – The General Assembly of the United Nations passes a motion condemning the Russian annexation of Crimea. 28 March – Russia announces that it will raise the price Ukraine pays for Russian natural gas by 80%. 29 March – Sergei Lavrov, the Foreign Minister of Russia, says that Russia has no intention of invading Ukraine. April 1 April – NATO suspends "all practical civilian and military cooperation" with Russia as a result of the annexation of Crimea, and no sign that Russian troops have withdrawn from the Ukrainian border. 4 April – McDonald's suspends work at all restaurant locations in Crimea. 6 April Pro-Russian demonstrators seize an administrative headquarters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. Communist Party of the Russian Federation candidate Anatoly Lokot was elected mayor of the third-largest city of Novosibirsk, defeating ruling United Russia party candidate. 7 April – Pro-Russian activists occupying a government building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have proclaimed the creation of a sovereign Donetsk People's Republic independent of the capital Kiev. 8 April Pro-Russian protests in Ukraine: Ukrainian police detain about 70 people in Kharkiv in an "anti-terrorist" operation that clear government buildings seized by pro-Russian protesters in Kharkiv. United States Secretary of State John Kerry accuses Russian agents and special forces on Tuesday of stirring separatist unrest in eastern Ukraine. Russia warns Ukraine that any use of force in eastern Ukraine could lead to a civil war. 9 April – Over 50 people leave a Ukrainian security service building in Luhansk that is currently occupied by pro-Russian separatists. Acting Interior Minister of Ukraine Arsen Avakov states that the unrest will be resolved by force or talks in 48 hours. 10 April The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe suspends Russia's right to vote and take part in election observations as a consequence to its annexation of Crimea. Five Russian lawmakers have asked the Prosecutor General of Russia, Yury Chaika, to investigate whether former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev should face charges for his role in the breakup of the Soviet Union. 11 April 2014 Crimean crisis: Montenegro, Norway, Iceland and Albania join the list of countries supporting sanctions including asset freezings and travel bans directed at Russian individuals. Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen visits Bulgaria and meets with President Rosen Plevneliev, during his visit he calls on Russia to withdraw their troops from