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Kerry meets Ukraine opposition, reaffirms US support

February 2, 2014February 2, 2014 VOANews Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with three of Ukraine’s opposition leaders Saturday in Germany, after exchanging sharp words

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World 

Western powers, Russia exchange sharp words over Ukraine

February 1, 2014February 10, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Western powers and Russia have exchanged sharp words over the future of Ukraine, which spiraled into chaos after President Viktor

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Europe 

Ukraine faces debt downgrade as Russia puts loan on hold

January 31, 2014 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

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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Ukrainian parliament passes measure offering amnesty to protesters

January 30, 2014January 30, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

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!

January 29, 2014May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, 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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Bulgaria 

Troublesome BSP MP Angelov – unfriended, or friends with the whole world?

January 29, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev, Syria, Ukraine

Strahil Angelov, the Bulgarian Socialist Party MP who caused uproar by visiting Syria and allegedly endorsing the Assad regime –

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Europe 

Ukrainian parliament ponders amnesty for protesters

January 29, 2014January 29, 2014 VOANews Ukraine

Ukraine’s parliament is considering on Wednesday an amnesty for scores of people arrested during the past two months of recent

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Europe 

EU urges rights, democracy in Ukraine in summit with Russia

January 28, 2014February 10, 2014 Lisa Bryant of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The European Union welcomed a rollback of repressive laws in Ukraine, part of the rapid concessions made by the Ukrainian

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Europe 

Ukrainian PM Azarov resigns as parliament session gets under way

January 28, 2014February 10, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, who has led Ukraine’s government since President Viktor Yanukovych took power in 2010, has resigned. Azarov

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