Turnout in disputed Crimea vote about 64 per cent
The polls have closed in a controverisal referendum for the southern Ukrainian region of Crimea to break away and become
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Crimean secession likely to spark economic disorder
When Crimea’s two million people wake up Monday after likely having voted in Sunday’s snap referendum to break with Ukraine
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Ukraine moves to restrict entry on eastern border with Russia
During an emergency Cabinet of Ministers meeting on March 16, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that Ukraine’s eastern border has
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GERB: Bulgarian Socialist Party echoes Kremlin talking points on Ukraine
Russia has chosen the path of international isolation while the Bulgarian Socialist Party is repeating the Kremlin’s talking points on
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Foreign minister under fire within BSP over Ukraine – reports
Kristian Vigenin, foreign minister in the current Bulgarian Socialist Party government, came under fire from his own senior fellow party
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With Russia, fight fire with fire
Vladimir Putin is right. The West has interfered massively in Ukraine. Let me explain. Last year, about 15 per cent
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Prague street art points to anti-Russia sentiment
The Russians are coming. Or rather, they may be looking to expand, and their recent actions in Ukraine don’t sit
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Russian troops invade Kherson Oblast, Ukrainians declare right to fight back
Several Russian military helicopters landed on March 15 in southern Kherson Oblast near Kremlin-occupied Crimea, bringing dozens of commandoes and
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Voting in Crimean referendum starts even as Ukraine government declares it illegitimate
Balloting began at 8am on March 16 2014 in a Crimean referendum that asks peninsula voters whether they want to
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