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World: NATO suspends cooperation with Russia over Ukraine crisis

YoopyaApr 2, 2014September 16, 20230

(Reuters) – NATO suspended all practical cooperation with Russia on Tuesday in protest at its annexation of Crimea, and ordered military planners to draft measures

World: Kerry meets with Lavrov on Ukraine, urges troop pullback

YoopyaMar 31, 2014July 21, 20230

(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks on Sunday about ways to defuse the crisis over

Ukraine: City on the edge holds key to Ukraine future

YoopyaMar 28, 2014July 21, 20230

(Reuters) – Lenin looks out on Donetsk, unmoved, anthracite grey and steely eyed. But a century after his revolution, this Ukrainian industrial city of Porsches

Europe: West, Russia signal line drawn in Ukraine crisis

YoopyaMar 26, 2014September 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Russia and the West drew a tentative line under the Ukraine crisis on Tuesday after U.S. President Barack Obama and his allies agreed

World: Russia dominates, but Obama trip broadens outreach

YoopyaMar 24, 2014September 30, 20230

AMSTERDAM (AP) — President Barack Obama begins a week of international travel with Russia’s Crimean incursion at the top of his agenda, even as he

Europe: Defiant Putin signs treaty making Crimea part of Russia

YoopyaMar 18, 2014September 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin, defying Ukrainian protests and Western sanctions, on Tuesday signed a treaty making Crimea part Russia but said he did

Europe: Crimeans vote over 90 percent to quit Ukraine for Russia

YoopyaMar 17, 2014September 26, 20230

(Reuters) – Russian state media said Crimeans voted overwhelmingly to break with Ukraine and join Russia on Sunday, as Kiev accused Moscow of pouring forces

Europe: West prepares sanctions as Russia presses on with Crimea takeover

YoopyaMar 15, 2014September 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Dozens of Russians linked to Russia’s gradual takeover of Crimea could face U.S. and EU travel bans and asset freezes on Monday, after

World: Confrontation in Ukraine as diplomacy stalls

YoopyaMar 11, 2014September 30, 20230

(Reuters) – A pro-Russian force opened fire in seizing a Ukrainian military base in Crimea on Monday and NATO announced reconnaissance flights along its eastern

Europe: Merkel raps Putin as Russian forces tighten grip on Crimea

YoopyaMar 10, 2014September 16, 20230

(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