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A man casts his ballot at the polling station in Belogorsk near Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, 16 March 2014. (EPA/Yuri Kochetkov)

Crimea votes on whether to secede from Ukraine

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 16, 2014 | World

Simferopol, Ukraine—In a referendum watched closely around the world, residents in Ukraine’s strategic Crimean Peninsula voted Sunday on whether to demand greater autonomy or split off and seek to join Russia. The vote has been condemned as illegal by the United...

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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 local official carries a Crimean flag at a polling station in Alupka, in the Crimea region, on March 12, 2014. (Reuters/David Mdzinarishvili)

G7 will not recognize Crimea referendum results

by Younnes Suleimani | Mar 12, 2014 | World

Kiev, Asharq Al-Awsat—The leaders of the Group of 7 countries will not recognize the outcome of Crimea’s upcoming referendum intended to decide the future of the disputed region. In a statement released on Wednesday, the leaders of the US, the UK, Canada, France,...

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Ukrainians gesture as they speak on the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, 10 March 2014. EPA/Yuri Kochetkov)

Russia warns Ukraine over ‘lawlessness’ in east

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 10, 2014 | World

Kiev, AP—Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Monday denounced alleged lawlessness by far-right activists in eastern Ukraine, a statement likely to trigger alarms in Ukraine about possible Russian intervention there. Ukraine’s foreign minister said on Monday that...

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epa04109563 Ukrainians look on a burned during protests building near of the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, 04 March 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin met with journalists at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow to explain his position on the Ukrainian events, saying that he sees no need to send Russian troops to Ukraine now, calling it a ‘last resort.’ The Russian army reportedly had occupied key sites in the autonomous region of Crimea, where a majority of the population is ethnic Russian two days earlier. Troops surrounded several small military outposts and demanded Ukrainian troops disarm. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENK

US prepares $1 bn aid package for troubled Ukraine

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 4, 2014 | World

Kiev, AP—In a somber show of US support for Ukraine’s new leadership, Secretary of State John Kerry walked the streets Tuesday where nearly 100 anti-government protesters were gunned down by police last month, and promised beseeching crowds that American aid is...