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Protesters, police clash in Ukrainian capital

January 19, 2014February 10, 2014 VOANews Ukraine

Protesters clashed with riot police in Kyiv on Sunday, as up to 100,000 Ukrainians massed in defiance of new laws

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World 

Ukrainians protest in defiance of new law

January 19, 2014January 19, 2014 VOANews Ukraine

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have massed in central Kyiv in defiance of Ukraine’s new legislation that significantly limits their

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Lutsenko hospitalised as Ukraine authorities face political fallout

January 12, 2014January 13, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Ukrainian opposition leader and former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko remains hospitalized in intensive care on January 11, a day after

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Yanukovych denies Chornovol’s accusation that he ordered her beating

January 9, 2014February 11, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s press service called accusations that he ordered Tetyana Chornovol’s beating groundless and renewed the call for

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Central and Eastern Europe in 2013: Emerging and submerging

January 6, 2014February 11, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Albania, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine

There were record floods, changes of government, protests – lots of those – and the European Union got larger by

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Two arrests reported in beating of Ukrainian journalist Chornovol

December 26, 2013February 11, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

A group of men viciously attacked and beat prominent Ukrainian journalist and civic activist Tetyana Chornovol outside Kyiv about 1:30

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Europe 

A month later, EuroMaidan beat goes on

December 22, 2013 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

A month ago, on November 21, people took to the streets in protest against the government’s decision to abandon a

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Yanukovych dodges details on Russia deal

December 20, 2013 Oksana Grytsenko of The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych did not hide his joy when he boasted “definitely lucrative” deals that he reached with Russian

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Putin makes bold move to keep Ukraine in Moscow’s orbit

December 18, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Ukraine

Moving aggressively to keep Ukraine in Moscow’s sphere of influence, Russia’s president has offered Ukraine $15 billion in loans and

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