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War News Updates (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
From the Times Online: The President of Ukraine urged Nato yesterday to resist Russian pressure and make an historic offer of membership to his country. Viktor Yushchenko said that Ukraine was “devoted” to winning support for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at next month’s summit of Nato foreign ministers despite opposition in Moscow and a bitter political crisis at home that has split the pro-Western...
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Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has ordered his prime minister to pay off a 2 billion euro debt to Russia within five days. A statement on the presidency website criticises Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko of acting irresponsibly by allowing the debt to accumulate and says she bears full responsibility for the problem. This comes a day after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev demanded Ukraine repay...
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Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
KIEV, November 19 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine insists the Stalin-era famine known as the Holodomor was an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people, but does not blame any individual state for it, the ...
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Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
President Dmitry Medvedev accused Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Friday of distorting history for political gain by commemorating a famine engineered by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin."We clea...
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Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
Bid for recount in Zambia's election increases tensions MOSCOW - Russian president Dmitry Medvedev accused Ukraine's pro-western leader yesterday of distorting history for political gain by commemorat...
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Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
MOSCOW, November 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's president has accused Kiev of using the Stalin-era famine to drive a wedge between Ukraine and Russia and urged efforts to forge a common position on t...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
NATO TOLD Ukraine yesterday that it was not ready for membership of the military alliance, as the country's politics descended into violent farce and its economy veered towards collapse.
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The Jawa Report (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
Ukraine's parliament voted Wednesday to dismiss a close associate of President Viktor Yushchenko as its speaker - raising speculation that Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko might fall next. When do we get to see our representatives do this? h/t Allah...
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Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Thursday of spreading misinformation over a film about the August war between Georgia and Russia, stirring further discord between the ex-So...
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Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
MOSCOW, November 13 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and Abkhazia are in talks on establishing a permanent Russian naval presence in the disputed Georgian republic, the Abkhazian foreign minister said on Thursd...
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THE BIG FEED (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Politicians scuffled and threw punches at each other in the Ukrainian parliament ahead of a vote on whether to dismiss speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Mr Yatsenyuk, an ally of President Viktor Yushchenko, is setting up his own political force. At least they give a damn about something. I can't imagine Barney Frank ever knuckling up for the good of the people.
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Russia considers opening Black Sea Fleet base in Abkhazia13/11/2008 16:47 MOSCOW, November 13 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is considering opening a base for its Black Sea Fleet in Abkhazia, a lawmaker and former fleet commander said on Thursday.Russia's Black Sea Fleet uses a range of naval facilities in Ukraine's Crimea as part of a 1997 agreement, under which Ukraine agreed to lease the bases to Russia...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Abkhazia, Russia in talks on Black Sea Fleet base - minister 13/11/2008 20:14 MOSCOW, November 13 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and Abkhazia are in talks on establishing a permanent Russian naval presence in the disputed Georgian republic, the Abkhazian foreign minister said on Thursday.Earlier in the day Vladimir Komoyedov, a Russian Communist Party lawmaker and former Black Sea Fleet commander, said that...
