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Nato, EU call on Russia for peaceful solution in Ukraine

November 5, 2014 VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

NATO has observed Russian troops moving closer to the Ukraine border. Speaking at a news conference with EU foreign affairs

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Europe 

Vucic to settle Serbia’s gas debt with Putin

November 5, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Russia, Serbia

Serbian prime minister Aleksandar Vucic said on November 4 that he would reach an agreement on Serbia’s gas debt with the “Russian

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Poroshenko calls on lawmakers to revoke special status for east, sends more troops to key cities

November 5, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko on November 4 called on the National Security and Defence Council and the Verkhovna Rada to

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Europe 

Ukraine holds crisis talks following disputed rebel election

November 4, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will hold crisis talks with his security chiefs Tuesday after pro-Russian separatists held elections meant to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria rejects ‘elections’ in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk

November 3, 2014November 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria has rejected the “presidential and parliamentary elections” held on November 2 in Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine. “These so-called.

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Europe 

Ukraine rebels begin controversial election

November 2, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine began voting Sunday in controversial elections that Kyiv and the West say they will not

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Europe 

A prelude to a farce: Prearranged ballots for Kremlin-backed breakaway regions

November 2, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Eastern Ukraine’s unrecognized Kremlin-backed separatist republics say they will stage a vote to elect their leaders and legislatures on November 2 in

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Europe 

Russia, Ukraine reach temporary gas deal

October 31, 2014November 2, 2014 VOANews energy, Russia, Ukraine

Russia – locked in a bitter standoff with Ukraine over a pro-Russian rebellion in Ukraine’s east – has agreed to

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Europe 

NATO chief: Russia’s actions in Ukraine ‘challenge’ security

October 30, 2014 VOANews Greece, Nato, Russia, Ukraine

NATO’s new chief says the Euro-Atlantic alliance is facing “many challenges” from “many directions.” Speaking to reporters Thursday in Athens,

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