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After Ukraine, will Russia next lean on Moldova and Georgia?

November 28, 2013February 11, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

After Ukraine, seemingly under Russian pressure, made a U-turn last week on its road towards closer integragration with the European

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Europe 

Ukraine protests continue as Russia denies anti-EU pressure

November 27, 2013November 27, 2013 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Ukraine

Thousands of protesters gathered in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv for a third successive night Tuesday to demand that

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Perspectives 

Russia Watch: Putin uses political karate to keep Ukraine from moving west

November 26, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Ukraine

German chancellor Otto von Bismarck once observed that the Russian cavalry are “slow to saddle up, but ride fast.” In

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Europe 

Yanukovych asks Ukraine for understanding, Tymoshenko goes on hunger strike

November 26, 2013November 26, 2013 Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Five days after demonstrations started all over Ukraine, prompted by the government’s rejection of a political and free trade deal

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Europe 

Ukraine protesters clash with police over EU agreement

November 25, 2013November 26, 2013 VOANews Ukraine

Police in Ukraine fired teargas at pro-Europe protesters as they held a second day of demonstrations against the government’s decision

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Europe 

Thousands rally in Ukraine for EU integration

November 25, 2013November 25, 2013 VOANews Ukraine

Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, to protest the government’s decision not sign a landmark trade

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Europe 

Protests against Ukraine pulling out of EU deal spread across Europe, including Prague

November 25, 2013November 25, 2013 Eva Rotar of The Prague Post Czech Republic, Ukraine

A decision by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovuch to scrap negotiations on a free-trade pact with the European Union and instead

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Europe 

Ukraine: EU suspension order was ‘economic’ move

November 22, 2013November 22, 2013 VOANews Ukraine

Ukraine’s prime minister says the decision not to sign a landmark deal strengthening ties with the European Union was based

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Europe 

Nine years after Orange Revolution, Kyivans take to streets in protest of scuttled EU deal

November 22, 2013November 22, 2013 Oksana Grytsenko of The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Moods comparable to that of the 2004 Orange Revolution, which ended Viktor Yanukovych’s attempt to rig a presidential election that

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