Ukraine faces debt downgrade as Russia puts loan on hold
As cities in Ukraine remain in the grip of protests and political crisis, a rating agency has downgraded the country’s
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Global protests of Russia’s anti-gay laws before Sochi Olympics
All Out, an international nongovernmental organization calling for the equality of LGBT individuals, announced a Global Speak Out to support
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Ukrainian parliament passes measure offering amnesty to protesters
Ukraine’s parliament has approved a measure offering amnesty to protesters arrested during anti-government demonstrations, but only if they abandon the
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Don’t underestimate Ukraine!
In the late 1940s, the mortality rate for Soviet troops fighting Ukrainian insurgents in Western Ukraine was higher than the mortality
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EU urges rights, democracy in Ukraine in summit with Russia
The European Union welcomed a rollback of repressive laws in Ukraine, part of the rapid concessions made by the Ukrainian
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Putin: ‘No justification’ for Volgograd bombings
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin visited Volgograd on Wednesday after the city was the struck by two suicide bombings Sunday and
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Russia’s Putin vows to fight terrorists until destroyed
Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to fight terrorists until their “total destruction,” following the two suicide bombings in the
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Death toll rises in Russia blasts
Russian officials announced that three more people have died as a result of the two suicide bombings which struck the
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Second fatal blast hits Russian city
Russian officials say a male suicide bomber is responsible for Monday’s explosion on a bus in the southern city of
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