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Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan talks during a press conference with his Russian counterpart after the Trilateral meeting between the EU, Russia and Ukraine on energy security at the EU headquarters in Brussels on June 11, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/JOHN THYS)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 11, 2014 | World
Moscow, AP—Russia offered Wednesday to restore the discounted gas prices it granted Ukraine under the ousted pro-Russian president, but Ukraine demanded an even better deal and called for arbitration to settle the dispute. Speaking in Moscow, Russia’s President...
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Acting President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov (R) and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (2nd R) take part in a rally to mark the 200th birthday of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko near his monument in central Kiev March 9, 2014. (REUTERS/Konstantin Grishin)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 9, 2014 | World
Kiev, AP—As separatists in Crimea kept up pressure for unification with Moscow, Ukraine on Sunday solemnly commemorated the 200th anniversary of the birth of its greatest poet, with the prime minister vowing not to give up “a single centimeter” of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 3, 2013 | World
Kiev, Ukraine, AP—Ukraine’s opposition failed to force out the government with a parliamentary no-confidence vote on Tuesday, leaving the country’s political tensions unresolved with calls for more mass protests. The opposition called for the vote in...