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Obama: ‘We will stand with Ukraine’

March 13, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the U.S. and its allies would be forced to apply a cost to Russia

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EU eager to sign part of association deal with Ukraine next week: Polish PM

March 13, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Poland and Germany agree that it would be beneficial if Ukraine signed the association agreement with the EU as soon

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Bulgaria will not recognise the results of the referendum in Crimea – foreign minister

March 11, 2014March 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria will not recognise the results of the March 16 2014 referendum in Crimea, foreign minister Kristian Vigenin said after

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Polish PM says EU must reduce dependence on Russian oil

March 11, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on March 10 that he would ask German Chancellor Angela Merkel to help reduce

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UN Security Council meets as international fears grow over Crimea

March 11, 2014 Margaret Besheer of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The U.N. Security Council met on Ukraine Monday for a fifth time in 10 days, as international concerns grow that

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Crimea’s referendum spurs ethnic tensions in Ukraine

March 11, 2014 Zlatica Hoke of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

With only days to go before the referendum on the future of Ukraine’s Crimea region is held, all eyes are

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Crimea prepares for referendum

March 10, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The chief of Crimea’s election commission, Myhkailo Malyshev, said Monday he is moving ahead with preparations for next Sunday’s referendum

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Poland evacuates its consulate in Crimea amid mounting tensions

March 10, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Poland’s Foreign Ministry decided on March 8 to pull out staff from its consulate in Sevastopol, the Crimean port city

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Europe 

Kyiv: No plans to send forces to Crimea

March 9, 2014March 12, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s acting defense minister says Kyiv has no plans to send armed forces to Crimea. The Interfax news agency quoted

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