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Ukraine: pro-Russian separatists attack Roma?
A Czech-based Roma website cites reports of an armed attack on Roma homes in the eastern Ukraine town of Slavyansk by pro-Russian separatists.
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Will Ukraine ‘go nuclear’? Looking scarier…
As Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk warns of "World War III," Moscow and Kiev mass troops on their shared border, and the US sends more forces to the Baltics.
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Ukraine and anti-Semitism: house of mirrors redux
Leaflets distributed in the east Ukrainian city of Donetsk, now under occupation by pro-Russian separatists, order Jews to register with the authorities. Real or provocation?
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Thousands march in Moscow against war drive
Some 10,000 people turned out in Moscow for an anti-Kremlin "March of Truth" to denounce Russian state television's coverage of the Ukraine crisis.
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Ukraine: pro-Russian uprisings in east
Protesters seized government buildings in Ukraine's east, declaring the Donbas region to be a "people's republic" and calling for a referendum on union with Russia.
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NATO, Russia face off across Black Sea
As the US deploys warships to the Black Sea for NATO exercises, Ukraine approved a NATO force to be stationed in the country. Russian troops meanwhile mass on Ukraine's borders.
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Crimean Tatars vote to seek autonomy
The Majilis of Crimean Tatars voted to seek "a national autonomous territory" on the peninsula, with leaders calling on their people to stay and fight for their rights.
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Ukraine, austerity and gas
The IMF imposes austerity on Ukraine as Russia jacks up gas prices. Meanwhile, the global industry exploits the crisis to fast-track exports of fracked gas as a "lever against Russia."
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Tatars flee Crimea, fearing persecution
Russia's annexation of Crimea has sent nearly a thousand of the region's ethnic Tatars fleeing the peninsula for western Ukraine, faced with threats by local authorities.
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First blood as Russia annexes Crimea
Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers in Crimea are now facing off with Russian troops and paramilitary forces—with one reported dead as Crimea was formally annexed.
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Ukraine and anti-Semitism: house of mirrors
Putin's propagandists have everything invested in exaggerating the fascist threat in Ukraine, while the "MSM" in the West have everything invested in denying it.
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Crimean Tatars protest Russian occupation
Crimean Tatars held protests in the peninsula, calling for a boycott of the referendum on union with Russia and demanding that Russian troops return to barracks.