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Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko (C) poses with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy at the EU Council in Brussels June 27, 2014. (AFP Pool/Stringer)
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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)
Ukraine rejects Putin’s offer of gas discounts
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...Caption:
Ukrainian politicans Vitaly Klitschko (R) and Petro Poroshenko shake hands during an UDAR (Punch) party meeting in Kiev on March 29, 2014. (REUTERS/Andriy Skakodub/Pool )
Ukraine’s Klitschko ends presidential bid, backs billionaire run
Kiev, Bloomberg—Former world boxing champion Vitali Klitschko dropped his bid for Ukraine’s presidency to support the frontrunner, billionaire Petro Poroshenko, setting up a clash with ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko. “Democratic forces should have one...Caption:
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
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...Caption:
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)