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EU Russia sanctions would be a ‘balance of harm’
Few European Union members want Russia to get away with its actions in eastern Ukraine. But the next phase of anti-Russian sanctions would involve EU countries taking a significant hit themselves.
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The United States takes action over the Ukraine crisis by imposing sanctions on seven individuals with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, including the head of energy company Rosneft.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov tells John Kerry that Ukraine must stop its military operation in southeastern regions of the country as part of efforts to defuse the crisis.
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Western leaders agree to extend sanctions against Russia for failing to abide by the Ukraine peace accord agreed in Geneva.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accuses Ukraine of violating an accord reached in Geneva last week aimed at averting a wider conflict between the two neighbours.
After international talks in Geneva, the Russian foreign minister and the US Secretary of State both call for “de-escalation” in Ukraine and agree to expand an international monitoring mission.
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Few European Union members want Russia to get away with its actions in eastern Ukraine. But the next phase of anti-Russian sanctions would involve EU countries taking a significant hit themselves.
Victor Spirescu was the only Romanian on board the plane to the UK when restrictions on Romanians and Bulgarians were lifted on 1 January. Now he’s setting up a new political party in Britain.
A House of Lords committee report has said it is “absolutely shocked” at the scale of food waste in the EU and calls on supermarkets, farmers and individuals to do more to stop it.
Video of a secret meeting between a government official and a far-right MP raises tricky questions for the international community bailing out the Greek government.
Elvis, cheap nannies, Putin and the “underclass” – my take on Nigel Farage and Nick Clegg’s second debate.
Nigel Farage accused Nick Clegg of using tired old statistics. Clegg accused Farage of making them up. But with a chance to fish for Labour and Tory votes, perhaps both men were winners?
Barack Obama pitches the US as a source of energy that would weaken the European Union’s dependence on Russia for oil and gas “in the light of what’s happened”.