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Ukraine News - May 21, 2014

By bartolo - Posted on 20 May 2014

Ukrainian oligarch backs Kiev rule, urging factory workers to daily strikes - The Guardian

Ukrainian tycoon’s calls for rallies against separatists go largely unheeded - The Washington Post

Donetsk workers fail to answer call to rally against separatists - FT.com

VIDEO: Ukraine’s Richest Man Calls Strike Against Separatists- Boston.com

VIDEO (Ukrainian): Full statement of Ukrainian tycoon calling for rallies against separatists - YouTube

VIDEO: Donetsk Anti-Separatist Protest: Donbas drivers honk their horns in support of Ukrainian unity - YouTube

Who Holds East Ukraine’s Port of Mariupol? No One Really, Reports of Routed Protesters Greatly Exaggerated - Antiwar.com

Donetsk People's Republic says wants to nationalize businesses - ITAR-TASS

VIDEO (Ukrainian): Interview with Donetsk People's Republic head Denis Pushilin on nationalization of assets of some tycoons - YouTube

Talks suspended with dissenting tycoon: leaders of self-porclaimed Donetsk People's Republic - ITAR-TASS

Federalists Take Over 11 Election Commissions in Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk Regions - RIA Novosti

Election officials at sharp end in separatist Ukraine city - Reuters

Ukrainian parliament adopts Memorandum of Peace and Accord, confirming ”the constitutional status of Ukrainian as a state language” but pledging to ensure the rights of minority languages - APA

Ukrainian official confirms poisoning deaths in Odessa, victims may have died from chloroform vapors - ITAR-TASS

Russia calls on U.N., OSCE for impartial probe of Ukraine deaths in Odessa - Yahoo News

Ukrainian administration ignores OSCE appeals to release Russian LifeNews journalists - ITAR-TASS

Kiev authorities freeze pension payment in Slavyansk, Kramatorsk - The Voice of Russia

Ukraine’s newly-proclaimed republics seek unification - ITAR-TASS

Self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic elects a Russian as head, passes constitution - RT News

Breakaway Lugansk Republic appoints topless woman minister - standartnews.com

PHOTOS: Topless photoshoot of woman apponted Minister of the Republic of Luhansk (27 photos) - hybridtechcar.com

VIDEO: Slovyansk residents caught in the crossfire - The Washington Post

Is Separatist Colonel Strelkov the Kremlin’s ‘Wag the Dog’ Gone Out of Bounds? - The Interpreter

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Russia defense minister orders troops away from Ukraine border:report - Yahoo News

Ukraine says Russian troops move back from border, none of 40,000 Russian soldiers are stationed within 6 miles of the country - Yahoo!7

Pentagon: No sign of Russian troop pullback - The Sun Herald

Front-Runner in Ukraine Election May Be Shifting Putin’s Stance - NYTimes.com

Russia Could Be Sending Chechen Militants To Ukraine - Business Insider

Chechens: The Secret Players In The Russia-Ukraine Game - NPR

Ukraine Rejects Russian Demand to Prepay for Gas Imports - WSJ

Russia believes it is impossible to return to $268 gas price in negotiations with Ukraine - ITAR-TASS

Russia Poured $200Bln Into Ukrainian Economy Over 20 Years: Russian Minister - RIA Novosti

Hungary accelerates gas delivery to Ukraine - GlobalPost

Slovakia prepares pipeline for reverse supply to Ukraine - energyglobal.com

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