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Isolating Russia is proving to be no easy task

April 8, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Russia, Ukraine

The revival of what appear to be Russian-orchestrated separatist movements in eastern Ukraine on April 6 has renewed interest in

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Business 

EU challenges Russia’s pork imports ban in WTO

April 8, 2014April 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, Russia

The European Commission said on April 8 that it will challenge Russia’s ban on pork imports, imposed earlier this year,

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Europe 

Tensions high on Ukraine’s border with Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria

April 8, 2014April 8, 2014 Oksana Grytsenko of The Kyiv Post Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

When on April 6 activists of the EuroMaidan Revolution came with Ukrainian flags and flowers from Odessa to Kuchurgan village

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Europe 

Once again, Russian agents attack while Kyiv is caught off guard

April 7, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Unlike in Crimea, pro-Russian uprisings in eastern Ukraine shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone in Kyiv. But once

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Europe 

Donetsk separatists declare independence, set May 11 as date of referendum

April 7, 2014 Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

A handful of pro-Russian separatists in the barricaded Donetsk Oblast government administration declared the creation of the Donetsk People’s Republic

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Pro-Russian gunmen seize Ukrainian police headquarters in Luhansk

April 7, 2014April 7, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s interior ministry said pro-Russian gunmen have seized state security headquarters in the eastern city of Luhansk, the scene of

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Bulgaria 

NATO to increase its military commitment in Poland – Polish PM

April 7, 2014April 7, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Nato, Poland, Russia, Ukraine

NATO will increase its military presence in Poland within the next few weeks in order to calm fears in Eastern

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Europe 

Ukraine’s Turchynov cancels trip to Lithuania to combat pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk, Luhansk

April 6, 2014April 6, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s interim president Oleksandr Turchynov canceled his trip to Lithuania to lead the nation’s campaign against pro-Russian separatist movements that

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Europe 

Pro-Russia protesters storm government buildings in eastern Ukraine

April 6, 2014April 6, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Crowds of pro-Russia demonstrators have stormed government buildings in the eastern Ukrainian cities of Donetsk and Luhansk, waving Russian flags

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