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Archive: May 2018

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Kerch bridge opens and Poland expels a Russian woman

Posted: | Politics

A look back at two developments on the Russia–Ukraine axis in the days before 18 May 2018: the opening of the road section of the Kerch Strait Bridge, and a Polish expulsion.

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Kerch bridge and a Polish expulsion, May 2018

Posted: | Politics

A look back at two reports from mid-May 2018 involving Russia, Crimea and Ukraine's western neighbour.

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What did the Kerch bridge opening signal?

Posted: | World

A retrospective on the road section of the Kerch Strait Bridge, opened on 15 May 2018 between Russia and annexed Crimea.

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Poland expels Russian woman over tension plot

Posted: | Politics

A look back at the Polish detention of a Russian national, and the opening of the Kerch Strait Bridge road section two days earlier.

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Kerch Strait bridge opened in annexed Crimea

Posted: | World

A look back at the opening of the road section of a 19-kilometre bridge linking Russia with the peninsula it annexed from Ukraine.

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Kerch Strait Bridge opens to road traffic

Posted: | World

A retrospective on the opening of the road section of a bridge linking Russia with annexed Crimea.

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What did the Kerch Strait bridge opening mean?

Posted: | World

A look back at the opening of the road section of a 19-kilometre bridge linking occupied Crimea with Russia.

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What did the Kerch Strait bridge opening signify?

Posted: | Politics

A retrospective on the road section of a 19-kilometre link between Crimea and Russia, opened on 15 May 2018.

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Putin opens Kerch Strait Bridge road link

Posted: | Politics

A retrospective on the road section of a 19-kilometre bridge joining Crimea to Russia, opened on 15 May 2018.

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Putin opens road section of Kerch Strait Bridge

Posted: | Politics

A look back at the opening of the road part of the 19-kilometre bridge linking Russia with Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.

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What did Ukraine's ex-presidents ask for on 8 May?

Posted: | Opinion

A retrospective on two reports from early May 2018: a joint appeal by three former presidents and a mass poisoning in Cherkasy.

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Why the US Navy revived its Second Fleet

Posted: | Security

A look back at the May 2018 decision to re-establish a command disbanded in 2011, and the NATO-Russia tensions cited for it.

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What the US Second Fleet's return signalled in May 2018

Posted: | World

A look back at the navy's re-established fleet and a mass poisoning among schoolchildren in Cherkasy.

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Why did the US Navy revive its Second Fleet?

Posted: | Security

A look back at the May 2018 re-establishment of a command that had been disbanded in 2011, and the tensions cited for it.

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Why the US Navy revived its Second Fleet

Posted: | World

A retrospective on the re-established fleet and a mass poisoning in Cherkasy, as reported in early May 2018.

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What did 10 May 2018 look like from Kyiv?

Posted: | World

A look back at two reports from the days before 10 May 2018: a mass poisoning in Cherkasy and a US Navy fleet revived amid NATO-Russia tensions.

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Why did the US Navy revive its Second Fleet?

Posted: | Security

A look back at the 4 May 2018 decision to re-establish a fleet disbanded in 2011, and what it signalled about NATO–Russia tensions.

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Two reports from early May 2018

Posted: | World

A look back at a mass poisoning in Cherkasy and the re-creation of a US naval command, both reported in the days before 9 May 2018.

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Three ex-presidents' appeal on a Ukrainian church tomos

Posted: | Politics

A look back at an appeal by Ukraine's three former presidents, issued on 8 May 2018, and a separate US naval decision days earlier.

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What the Second Fleet's return signalled in May 2018

Posted: | Opinion

A look back at the US Navy's re-establishment of its Second Fleet and the language of a renewed Cold War that surrounded it.

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