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Author: Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post

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In Chernihiv, border guards prepare for war

April 30, 2014 Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Suddenly, a wave of fear rolls over as I follow several border guard officers down the sandy steps into a

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Europe 

Donetsk separatists declare independence, set May 11 as date of referendum

April 7, 2014 Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

A handful of pro-Russian separatists in the barricaded Donetsk Oblast government administration declared the creation of the Donetsk People’s Republic

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Europe 

Tymoshenko, ex-Ukraine prime minister, to go free after 30 months in prison

February 21, 2014 Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Parliament voted to free ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko from prison by decriminalizing the article in the criminal procedural code under

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Europe 

Yanukovych uncompromising in talks with three ex-presidents

December 11, 2013 Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post Ukraine

President Viktor Yanukovych agreed to look into the cases of 10 protesters who were arrested and still in custody after

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Europe 

Yanukovych asks Ukraine for understanding, Tymoshenko goes on hunger strike

November 26, 2013November 26, 2013 Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Five days after demonstrations started all over Ukraine, prompted by the government’s rejection of a political and free trade deal

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Europe News 

Western warnings pile up for Ukraine’s Yanukovych

February 8, 2013May 22, 2013 Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post

Ukraine’s European partners issued multiple, unambiguous warnings this week: If Ukraine wants to sign an Association Agreement in November for

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Business Europe News 

Facts about Russian Gazprom’s $7 billion bill to Ukraine’s Naftogaz

January 30, 2013May 22, 2013 Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post energy

Just hours before Ukraine signed a $10 billion deal with Royal Dutch Shell on Jan. 24 to extract shale gas

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Europe News 

Prosecutors try to pin 1996 murder of lawmaker on Tymoshenko

January 22, 2013 Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post

Amid rising speculation that she is in ill health and is not being allowed to properly consult with her lawyers,

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Business Europe News 

Azarov: Ukraine steaming ahead with diversification of gas sources

January 20, 2013May 22, 2013 Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post energy

Ukraine is making a lot of progress in its attempt to diversify gas supplies to avoid paying extortionate prices to

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