Anti-gay extremists violently break up gay pride march in Kyiv; several injured, many arrests
Protected by hundreds of police officers in Kyiv’s Obolon district, nearly 200 persons tried on June 6 to take part
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25 arrested for trying to violently break up gay rights march in Kyiv
Police reportedly arrested 25 anti-gay activists for trying to violently disrupt a gay rights march in Kyiv on June 6.
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Right Sector threatens Kyiv gay pride march
Anti-gay groups in Ukraine, including the militant Right Sector, are threatening to stop a gay pride march planned for June
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Steinmeier: Russian travel ban damaging to Ukraine peace efforts
Germany’s foreign minister said Saturday that a Russian travel ban on 89 top European Union officials could damage peace efforts
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Moscow plays nice with free trade as Ukraine sounds alarm over Russian troops
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced a breakthrough in negotiations with Russia over Kyiv’s duty-free trade deal with the
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Ukraine conflict simmers as EU courts former Soviet states
Six former Soviet bloc countries will attend Thursday the European Union’s Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga, Latvia. The meeting comes
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Russia-US dialogue elevated, but Ukraine tensions remain
Political analysts agree the four-hour meeting this week between US secretary of state John Kerry and Russian president Vladimir Putin
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Nemtsov report offers darkest portrait yet of Russia’s war against Ukraine
Russian opposition activists have released a report started by the late Boris Nemtsov detailing Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine. It
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Integration key to overcoming challenges facing Europe, Plevneliev tells Gdansk conference on lessons of World War 2
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev, joining other leaders at a high-level conference in the Polish city of Gdansk marking the 70th
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