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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Ukraine’s reform crossroads
Ukraine has not crossed its Rubicon. The most important and urgent decisions for its future, both internal and external, are
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Ukraine’s economic pressures
With Ukraine’s economy on the brink of disaster, the International Monetary Fund agreed a $17.5 billion package for Ukraine in
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Taking candy from Poroshenko, Russia tightens squeeze on Ukraine’s president
Acting on a Moscow district court ruling, Russian authorities seized $39 million worth of property belonging to Ukrainian president Petro
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Poroshenko: Full-blown ‘war’ possible as situation in Ukraine’s east deteriorates
Full-scale war can flare up instantly, Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko warned at the International Support for Ukraine conference in Kyiv
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Ukraine-EU Summit starts in Kyiv as Russian forces in east show readiness for combat
Combined Russian-separatist forces are at their “highest level” of combat readiness while Ukraine faces mounting pressure to cede more power
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