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Crimea closes air space to commercial flightsUkraine's Crimea has closed its airspace to commercial flights, five days ahead of a referendum organised by its pro-Russia authorities called to join the Black Sea region to Russia. A Ukrainian airline plane was turned back o More… |
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Merkel raps Putin; Russia tightens grip on CrimeaGermany's Angela Merkel delivered a rebuke to President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, telling him that a planned Moscow-backed referendum on whether Crimea should join Russia was illegal and violated Ukraine's constitution. Pu More… |
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Ukraine PM says he will go to US to discuss crisisUkrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Sunday he would go to the United States this week to discuss the standoff with Russia over Ukraine's southern region of Crimea. "I am going to the United states to hold to More… |
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US sanctions will boomerang, warns RussiaRussia said any US sanctions imposed on Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine will boomerang back on the United States and that Crimea has the right to self-determination as armed men tried to seize another Ukrainian military base on the peninsula. More… |
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Obama orders sanctions over Russian movesPresident Barack Obama on Thursday ordered sanctions on people responsible for Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine's Crimea Peninsula, including travel bans and freezing of their US assets. U.S. officials said a list of pe More… |
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Crimea parliament votes to join RussiaCrimea's parliament voted to join Russia on Thursday and its Moscow-backed government set a referendum within 10 days on the decision in a dramatic escalation of the crisis over the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula. The sudden ac More… |
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US, Russia set for talks on Ukraine crisisThe United States and Russia will hold talks on easing East-West tension over Ukraine on Wednesday as the West steps up efforts to persuade Moscow to pull its forces back to base in Crimea and avert the risk of a war. US Secretary More… |
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Putin: Use of force last resort in UkrainePresident Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia would only use military force in Ukraine as a last resort, in remarks apparently intended to ease East-West tension over fears of war in the former Soviet republic. Russia howev More… |
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Putin ends army exercise, markets rallyPresident Vladimir Putin ordered troops involved in a military exercise in western Russia back to base on Tuesday in an announcement that appeared intended to ease East-West tension over fears of war in Ukraine. Russian financial More… |
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Russia has violated international law: ObamaPresident Barack Obama said that Russia violated international law with its military intervention in Ukraine and warned that the US government would look at a series of economic and diplomatic sanctions to isolate Moscow. Earlier, More… |
