Observers, journalists not welcome to watch vote count at polling station in Simferopol
If respected international election observers had been allowed to watch Crimea’s referendum on whether to join Russia or merely gain
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Turnout in disputed Crimea vote about 64 per cent
The polls have closed in a controverisal referendum for the southern Ukrainian region of Crimea to break away and become
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Crimean secession likely to spark economic disorder
When Crimea’s two million people wake up Monday after likely having voted in Sunday’s snap referendum to break with Ukraine
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Ukraine moves to restrict entry on eastern border with Russia
During an emergency Cabinet of Ministers meeting on March 16, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that Ukraine’s eastern border has
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GERB: Bulgarian Socialist Party echoes Kremlin talking points on Ukraine
Russia has chosen the path of international isolation while the Bulgarian Socialist Party is repeating the Kremlin’s talking points on
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Foreign minister under fire within BSP over Ukraine – reports
Kristian Vigenin, foreign minister in the current Bulgarian Socialist Party government, came under fire from his own senior fellow party
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With Russia, fight fire with fire
Vladimir Putin is right. The West has interfered massively in Ukraine. Let me explain. Last year, about 15 per cent
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Prague street art points to anti-Russia sentiment
The Russians are coming. Or rather, they may be looking to expand, and their recent actions in Ukraine don’t sit
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Russian troops invade Kherson Oblast, Ukrainians declare right to fight back
Several Russian military helicopters landed on March 15 in southern Kherson Oblast near Kremlin-occupied Crimea, bringing dozens of commandoes and
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