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Putin, Poroshenko to meet in Milan in bid to find peace

October 15, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

At the Asia-Europe summit in Milan on October 16 and 17, Ukrainian President Perto Poroshenko and his Russian counterpart Vladimir

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian defence minister: ‘Catastrophic consequences’ unless country rids itself of old Russian military equipment

October 14, 2014October 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia

There will be “catastrophic consequences” for Bulgaria’s armed forces if they are not weaned soon from reliance on old Russian

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Europe 

Dutch experts, investigators return to MH17 crash site

October 14, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Dutch officials returned to the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine on Monday in a new

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Putin orders troop pullback from Ukrainian border

October 12, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Russia says it will withdraw 17 600 troops from its border with Ukraine in the Rostov region, where they had

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Russia’s Putin addresses CIS summit overshadowed by Ukraine

October 11, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin — embroiled in an a bitter standoff with Western governments over Ukraine — said his country

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, Russia embroiled in new diplomatic spat

October 10, 2014October 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Russia

For the second time in the space of one week, officials in Sofia and Moscow exchanged harsh words, after Russia’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry: Russian deputy PM Rogozin’s comments on warplanes ‘completely unacceptable’

October 8, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia

Comments by the deputy prime minister of Russia, Dmitry Rogozin, on the Bulgarian government’s intentions to replace outdated Russian military

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Europe 

NATO chief: Rapid reaction force in Eastern Europe does not violate deal with Russia

October 7, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

NATO’s new chief, Jens Stoltenberg, says plans for a new rapid reaction force in Eastern Europe do not break a

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Europe 

Lukoil closes refinery in Romania after facility placed under distraint

October 6, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania, Russia

A Russian subsidiary in Romania has decided to close down a refinery it operates in Ploiesti after prosecutors levied a

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