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Europe 

Ukrainians should expect gas price hikes, subsidies for poorest citizens

March 26, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine will increase household prices for gas by 50 per cent in May, and the utility companies will see a

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Europe 

Ukraine’s Naftogaz meets new head with debts and losses

March 26, 2014March 26, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers appointed Andriy Kobolev as head of Naftogaz, the national oil and gas monopoly, during an overnight

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Europe 

Does Ukraine owe anything to an aggressor?

March 25, 2014March 25, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Russia’s annexation of Crimea, including the energy resources and military hardware and bases there, give the Ukrainian government the right

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Ukraine’s parliament names new defence minister

March 25, 2014March 25, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

In a day of accusations and recriminations over Ukraine’s inability to repel Russia militarily from the Crimean peninsula, parliament on

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Europe 

Ukrainian language under siege in Crimea

March 22, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Filing out of their Ukrainian language school – one of just six in the whole of Crimea – fourth graders

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Europe 

Gazprom wins Crimea, may lose EU customers

March 21, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Russia, Ukraine

Russia’s takeover of Ukraine’s Crimea may cost it a lot financially – but only if the West makes a concerted,

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Europe 

In addition to military, Russia rolls out usual economic attacks

March 21, 2014March 21, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

The Russian police raid of a confections factory owned by Ukrainian candy mogul and EuroMaidan Revolution supporter Petro Poroshenko in

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Europe 

Russian forces take over Ukrainian military bases in Crimea

March 19, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Russian forces and Russian-backed Crimean “self-defence” units have moved against Ukrainian army bases in Crimea, following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s

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Europe 

Crimea turns from tourist spot into peninsula of violence

March 19, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Kidnappings, threats and assaults of Ukrainian activists and journalists have become the norm in Crimea since the Russian military invasion

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