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Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (2-R) and EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy (R) exchange documents during the signing ceremony of political provisions of the Association Agreement with Ukraine at EU council headquaters in Brussels, Belgium, on March 21, 2014. Applauding are British Prime Minister David Cameron (3-L), Swedish Prime Minister Frederik Reinfeldt (2-L) and Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen (L). (EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET)

EU signs landmark association agreement with Ukraine

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 21, 2014 | World

Brussels, Reuters—The European Union and Ukraine signed the core elements of a political association agreement on Friday, committing to the same deal former president Viktor Yanukovich rejected last November, a move which led to his overthrow. Ukrainian Prime Minister...

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A Ukrainian naval officer, right, passes by armed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, as he leaves the naval headquarters in Sevastopol, March 19, 2014. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)

Russian forces storm Ukraine naval HQ in Crimea

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 19, 2014 | World

Sevastopol and Simferopol, Reuters—Russian troops and unarmed men stormed Ukraine’s naval headquarters in the Crimean port of Sevastopol on Wednesday and raised the Russian flag in a tense but peaceful takeover that signals Moscow’s intent to neutralize...

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A man reads a free newspaper with the headline “Crimea chooses Russia” on a street in Simferopol, in the Crimea region on March 17, 2014. (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)

Defiant Putin says Crimea will become Russian

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 18, 2014 | World

Moscow, Reuters—Russian President Vladimir Putin, defying Ukrainian protests and Western sanctions, told parliament on Tuesday that Russia will move forward with procedures to annex Ukraine’s Crimean region. Putin signed an order “to approve the draft...

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US President Barack Obama and Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk shake hands during meetings in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2014. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)

Ukraine parliament appeals to UN over Crimea

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 13, 2014 | World

Kiev, Reuters—Ukraine’s parliament appealed on Thursday to the United Nations to discuss the occupation by Russian forces of its Crimea peninsula and said it reserved the right to ask individual countries for help in resolving the issue. In a debate hours before...

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A military convoy with Ukrainian soldiers is seen near city of Pervomaysk March 9, 2014. (Reuters/ Viktor Gurniak)

Merkel raps Putin as Russian forces tighten grip on Crimea

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 9, 2014 | World

Simferopol, Reuters—Germany’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. Putin defended...