Sanctions threat weighs on Russian oil industry
Russia’s economy runs on oil and gas, but with Russia’s economy on the edge of recession, a new threat has
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Ukraine
Ukraine’s president talks peace plan to the nation
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko made a televised address to the nation on June 21, in which he discussed his 14-point peace
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Anger, threats in Ukraine’s capital over ceasefire proposal
Separatists in Ukraine’s restive east have rejected the government’s offer of a unilateral ceasefire, and angry citizens in the streets
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Unesco chief Irina Bokova denounces killing of journalists in eastern Ukraine
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom, Bulgaria’s Irina Bokova, denounced on June 19 the
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Nato chief: More Russian troops at Ukraine’s border
The head of Nato says that Russia has resumed a troop build-up along its border with Ukraine, as Ukraine’s president
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Ukraine: Donetsk streets mostly deserted as separatists lose support
As separatists seize more buildings in Donetsk, the streets of the eastern Ukrainian city of more than 1 million people
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Russia arms Ukraine secessionists, again
When Crimea broke away from Ukraine, after the uprising in Kyiv that ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, Russia denied sending soldiers
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Analysts: Ukraine dispute not likely to cut Russian gas sales to Europe
Analysts tell VOA that Russia should not make any attempt to interrupt natural gas deliveries to Europe as part of
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Poroshenko: Ukraine ‘is in a state of war’
Speaking at the National University of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s graduation on June 18, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called for
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