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Investigators will question Russia on World Cup bid

May 28, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia

Swiss authorities lobbed a grenade at Russia’s already tainted award to host the 2018 World Cup when it started criminal

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Europe 

No promises, but EU wants to stay friends with its eastern partners

May 22, 2015May 22, 2015 The Kyiv Post

European Union leaders will keep their co-operation with Ukraine and five other ex-Soviet republics, but membership looks far off. That’s

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Europe 

Moscow plays nice with free trade as Ukraine sounds alarm over Russian troops

May 20, 2015May 20, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced a breakthrough in negotiations with Russia over Kyiv’s duty-free trade deal with the

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Europe 

Nemtsov report ​offers darkest portrait yet of Russia’s war against Ukraine

May 12, 2015May 13, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Russian opposition activists have released a report started by the late Boris Nemtsov detailing Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine. It

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Europe 

West snubs Putin’s plans for big Victory Day parade

May 7, 2015May 9, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin turned his May 9 Victory Day parade into a popularity contest, with the Kremlin keeping a

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Europe 

Moldovans demand justice for vanishing $1B, lack of government action

May 4, 2015 The Kyiv Post Moldova

Tens of thousands of Moldovans took to the streets on May 3 in the Moldovan capital of Chisinau to demand

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Europe 

Taking candy from Poroshenko, Russia tightens squeeze on Ukraine’s president

April 29, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Acting on a Moscow district court ruling, Russian authorities seized $39 million worth of property belonging to Ukrainian president Petro

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Europe 

Poroshenko: Full-blown ‘war’ possible as situation in Ukraine’s east deteriorates

April 28, 2015April 28, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Full-scale war can flare up instantly, Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko warned at the International Support for Ukraine conference in Kyiv

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Europe 

Ukraine-EU Summit starts in Kyiv as Russian forces in east show readiness for combat

April 27, 2015April 27, 2015 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Combined Russian-separatist forces are at their “highest level” of combat readiness while Ukraine faces mounting pressure to cede more power

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