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Pro-Russian militants and firemen run away as they leave the Regional State building they seized during a shoot-out with Ukrainian border guards defending the Federal Border Headquarters building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk on June 2, 2014. (AFPPHOTO/ ALEX INOY)

Russia gives Ukraine leeway on gas as five rebels are killed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 2, 2014 | World

Moscow, Bloomberg—Russia gave Ukraine an extra week to pay in advance for gas supplies or risk a cutoff, as the Ukrainian government said its forces killed five pro-Russian rebels in an upsurge in fighting in the eastern city of Luhansk. Russian gas export monopoly...

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Ukraine’s acting President Oleksander Turchinov (R) shakes hands with Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) during a meeting in Kiev May 13, 2014. (REUTERS/Anastasia Sirotkina/Pool)

German FM in Ukraine to help broker dialogue

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

Kiev, AP—Germany’s foreign minister tried to broker a quick launch of talks between Ukraine’s central government in Kiev and the pro-Russia separatists on Tuesday, a day after the separatists declared independence in two eastern regions. Speaking at...

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Members of an election commission count ballot papers at a polling station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, on May 11, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / GENYA SAVILOV)

Kremlin pushes for dialogue after Ukraine vote

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 12, 2014 | World

Donetsk, AP—The Kremlin urged the Ukrainian government Monday to engage in talks with representatives of the eastern part of the country following the controversial referendums where about 90 percent of voters said they backed their regions’ sovereignty. The...