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Diplomats’ promise of de-escalation gets skeptical response

April 18, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

A quadrilateral meeting of top diplomats from Ukraine, the United States, the European Union and Russia has agreed to take

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Romania increases gas production amid the Ukrainian crisis

April 17, 2014April 17, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

The Romanian government has asked the two largest local gas producers – Petrom and Romgaz – to avoid maintenance work

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Slovakia: Reverse gas flow deal still unsigned

April 17, 2014April 17, 2014 Beata Balogova of The Slovak Spectator energy, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine

The Slovak government says it is ready to help Ukraine with natural gas supplies, but an agreement between the two

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Putin reserves right to use force in Ukraine

April 17, 2014April 17, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he has “a right” to send troops into Ukraine but hopes he will “not have

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Macedonian opposition LDSM will not boycott presidential elections

April 16, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The largest Macedonian opposition party LSDM (Macedonian Social Democratic League) declared on April 16 that it is against the boycott

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Kyiv suffers setback in east Ukraine

April 16, 2014April 16, 2014 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities in Kyiv suffered a serious setback Wednesday in their efforts to restore order in the troubled east of

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Ukraine’s SBU predicts Russian-backed murder to justify full-scale invasion

April 16, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

The invasion of Ukraine’s eastern regions is made in Moscow, the Security Service of Ukraine said on April 16, and

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Lifestyle Blog: Russian website accommodates Ukrainian women seeking sex

April 16, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Sex and borshch – this is what Russian men are offering Ukrainian women “who want to leave Bandera Ukraine as

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New European satellite sends back first images

April 16, 2014April 16, 2014 The Prague Post

The European Space Agency’s Sentinel-1A satellite, launched April 3, has sent back its first radar images of Earth. The first

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