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The White House Office of the Press Secretary   We, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission welcome the “Pack …
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As Ukraine suffers, it is time to recognise the gravity of the Russian threat—and to counter it. HE IS ridiculed for his mendacity and ostracised by his peers. He presides over a free-falling currency and a rapidly shrinking economy. Internatio …
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Read a translation of the full text agreed upon by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany, and signed by pro-Russian separatists, on Thursday. • Immediate and full ceasefire in particular districts of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts …
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Roger Cohen MUNICH — The most difficult thing for a communist, it has been observed, is to predict the past. I was reminded of this as I listened to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in full Soviet mode at the Munich Security Conference, s …
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By Patrick Tucker The question of whether or not to arm the Ukrainian military against Russian-backed separatists is quickly becoming contentious, both inside of Washington and also between the United States and its allies. But the debate miss …
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Crisis in Ukraine Underscores Opposing Lessons of Cold War By ALISON SMALE MUNICH — The Cold War is history, but its spirit this weekend stalked the security conference held here each winter for the past 51 years. Chancellor Angela Merkel of Ger …
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Slavik’s voice was laced with panic. “No one is coming for us. We are surrounded by the enemy,” he had told me over a crackling telephone line. There were, he said, many losses, many soldiers lying on the floor around him – “some dead, some injured. …
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Angela Merkel and François Hollande met Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Friday night in an attempt to prevent a major escalation in the Ukraine conflict, as Washington weighed Kiev demands for arms supplies. Talks got under way after 7pm local time …
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Рівно п’ять місяців тому – 5 вересня – у мінському “Президент готелі” представники української та російської влади та ОБСЄ підписали протокол про припинення вогню на Донбасі, яке мало початися з 18.00 того ж дня.“Українська пр …
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