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Four NATO ships enter the Black Sea

September 3, 2014September 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Four Nato warships will enter the Black Sea by September 7, according to a report by Russian agency Itar-Tass, citing

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Europe 

Kremlin denies Poroshenko and Putin agreed on ‘permanent’ ceasefire

September 3, 2014September 3, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Kremlin denied that there was an agreement reached between presidents Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine and Vladimir Putin of Russia on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court puts Russian anti-Putin activist Koblyakov under house arrest

September 2, 2014September 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

After initially being released by Bulgarian authorities, Free Russia organisation founder Nikolai Koblyakov – for whom Moscow is seeking extradition

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World 

China may be biggest winner from Ukraine crisis

September 1, 2014September 5, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Thousands of miles away from the Ukrainian battlefields of Donetsk and Novoazovsk sits the country that may end up being

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian cabinet’s security council adopts revised ‘Vision 2020’ ahead of Nato summit

September 1, 2014September 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia

The Bulgarian caretaker Cabinet’s security council on September 1 adopted a revised version of the “Vision 2020” document that earlier

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Europe 

EU leaders threaten more sanctions on Russia over Ukraine

August 31, 2014 VOANews European Commission, Russia, Ukraine

The European Union has threatened Russia with new sanctions if Moscow continues its military activity in eastern Ukraine. But the

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Europe 

EU to Moscow: ‘Come to reason’ on Ukraine

August 31, 2014 VOANews European Commission, Russia, Ukraine

A top European official says Russia is pushing the conflict in eastern Ukraine to the “point of no return,” and

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Europe 

Barroso: Ukraine crisis could reach ‘the point of no return’

August 30, 2014August 30, 2014 The Prague Post Russia, Ukraine

President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Brussels to discuss the situation

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Europe 

Tusk to head European Council, Mogherini appointed EU foreign policy chief

August 30, 2014September 2, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer European Commission, Russia, Ukraine

A special summit of European Union leaders on August 30 named Polish prime minister Donald Tusk as the next President

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