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History: October 2018

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Retrospective · events of 1 October 2018

Ukraine's break with Russia's 1997 friendship pact, explained

World

A look back at the position on the Russian–Ukrainian Friendship Treaty in the days before 1 October 2018, alongside a water poisoning report from occupied Makiivka.

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Retrospective · events of 5 October 2018

Could India's Russian missile deal trigger US sanctions?

World

Reports of a purchase from Moscow put a 2017 American law under scrutiny, while Oleg Sentsov ended his hunger strike and Kiev hosted boxing's elite.

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Retrospective · events of 5 October 2018

Russian missile deal leaves India exposed to US sanctions law

Security

A look back at the Russian missile deal that placed India in the path of US sanctions law.

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Retrospective · events of 5 October 2018

What 5 October 2018 said about Kyiv's priorities

Opinion

A retrospective on a day when a hunger strike ended, a boxing congress met in Kyiv and a sanctions question loomed over India.

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Retrospective · events of 5 October 2018

What India's S-400 purchase meant for sanctions

Security

A retrospective on the Russian missile deal and the US sanctions law that hung over it.

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Retrospective · events of 7 October 2018

What 7 October 2018 showed about Kyiv's moment

Opinion

A look back at the news around 7 October 2018, from the end of a hunger strike to a boxing congress in the capital and a sanctions question over Russian arms.

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Retrospective · events of 9 October 2018

What did Ukraine's news cycle hold by 9 October 2018?

Opinion

A retrospective on the run of events in Ukraine and beyond that framed the days leading to 9 October 2018.

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Retrospective · events of 10 October 2018

Ammunition depot fire in Druzhba forced 10,000 people to evacuate

Opinion

A look back at the days around 10 October 2018, when security, politics, sport and a prisoner's hunger strike each drew attention.

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Retrospective · events of 11 October 2018

Constantinople moves toward Ukrainian church independence

Politics

A look back at the decision announced on 11 October 2018 that set Kyiv and Moscow on opposite sides of an Orthodox dispute.

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Retrospective · events of 11 October 2018

Constantinople's autocephaly plan for Ukrainian Orthodoxy

World

A look back at the decision reported on 11 October 2018 that split opinion between Kyiv and the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Retrospective · events of 11 October 2018

Under CAATSA, India's Russian arms order invites sanctions threat

Economy

A look back at the Russian air-defence purchase that put India in the path of possible U.S. sanctions, as reported in the days before 11 October 2018.

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Retrospective · events of 14 October 2018

Kyiv's church question before 14 October 2018

Politics

A look back at the church dispute between Ukraine and Russia as it stood on 14 October 2018.

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Retrospective · events of 15 October 2018

Russian Orthodox Church cuts ties after Constantinople backs Ukrainian autocephaly

Politics

A retrospective on the Russian Orthodox Church's decision to cut ties with the Ecumenical Patriarchate over Ukrainian church independence.

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Retrospective · events of 16 October 2018

Moscow's church break and a fatal air crash

World

A retrospective on 16 October 2018 and the reports from the preceding day that shaped it: a religious rift and a fatal exercise accident.

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Retrospective · events of 16 October 2018

What the Moscow–Constantinople split meant for Ukraine

Opinion

A look back at the Russian Orthodox Church's announcement of 15 October 2018 and its place in the Russia–Ukraine rift.

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Retrospective · events of 16 October 2018

Why did Moscow's church break with Constantinople?

Politics

A retrospective on the Russian Orthodox Church's 15 October 2018 decision to sever communion, and what it added to the rift between Russia and Ukraine.

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Retrospective · events of 17 October 2018

Why the Orthodox split mattered to Kyiv and Moscow

Politics

A look back at the church rupture that deepened the rift between Russia and Ukraine in October 2018.

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Retrospective · events of 17 October 2018

Three shocks in three days, October 2018

World

A look back at the Orthodox schism, a deadly air crash and a college massacre in Kerch reported between 15 and 17 October 2018.

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Retrospective · events of 17 October 2018

Kerch college attack and a week of shocks

World

A look back at 17 October 2018, when a mass killing in Crimea came days after a church schism and a fatal air crash.

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Retrospective · events of 18 October 2018

Kyiv's parliament hands St Andrew's Church to Constantinople

Politics

A retrospective on a parliamentary decision taken three days after Moscow's church announced a break with the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

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