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Ukraine's record candidate field amid missile treaty row

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On 6 February 2019, a retrospective look at a week that combined a record number of presidential bids in Kyiv with a nuclear arms dispute between Washington and Moscow.

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The day Washington suspended its INF Treaty role

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A retrospective on the United States announcement of 1 February 2019 over the 1987 missile treaty with the USSR and its successor state, Russia.

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Did Russian mercenaries guard Maduro in Venezuela?

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A Kremlin denial on 28 January 2019 addressed reports of Russian fighters protecting Venezuela's president.

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Venezuela crisis spotlights Kremlin's rebuttal on Maduro bodyguards

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A retrospective on the Kremlin's rejection of reports that Russian contractors were guarding Nicolás Maduro.

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Ukrainian foodstuffs and industrial goods barred from Russian market

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A look back at 4 January 2019, days after a presidential campaign began in Ukraine and Russia widened its sanctions.

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Kyiv's campaign start met by Russian import ban

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A look back at 4 January 2019, days after Ukraine's presidential campaign opened and Moscow widened its sanctions.

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Russian ban on Ukrainian goods lands days before race begins

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A look back at the political backdrop in Ukraine at the start of 2019, when a presidential campaign began and Moscow expanded its trade restrictions.

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Ukraine's pre-election campaign and Russia's expanded import ban: the context

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A look back at the political and trade context in Ukraine on 2 January 2019, at the start of a presidential campaign.

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What did Ukraine's election season begin with?

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A look back at the political and trade developments that framed the start of 2019 for Kyiv.

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Russia banned more Ukrainian imports days after martial law ended

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A retrospective on the political situation in Ukraine at the turn of 2019, after martial law ended and Russia widened its trade restrictions.

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Presidential race formally opens in Kiev as year ends

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A look back at 31 December 2018, when a presidential race formally opened and Russia's expanded trade curbs had just been announced.

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Martial law that followed Kerch Strait attack has now lapsed

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A look back at the day martial law in Ukraine lapsed, a month after the Kerch Strait incident involving three Navy vessels.

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Why Ukraine ended martial law on 26 December 2018

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A month after the Kerch Strait incident, the country lifted the emergency regime imposed after the attack on its navy vessels.

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Ukraine's martial law ends after a month

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A retrospective on the lifting of martial law, imposed after the Kerch Strait clash involving three Ukrainian Navy vessels.

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What Kyiv's church law and veterans' status changed

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A look back at two measures reported in Ukraine on 22 and 23 December 2018, one on church naming and one on veterans.

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Kyiv's parliament ends the Russia friendship treaty

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A look back at the Verkhovna Rada's vote to terminate the bilateral Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership, days after entry restrictions on Russian men.

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Why the Azov crisis dominated 5 December 2018

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A look back at the diplomatic and security pressures on Kyiv and Moscow in the days around 5 December 2018, after the Kerch Strait clash.

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Ukraine's Azov ports and the aftermath of Kerch

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A look back at 4 December 2018, as the fallout from the Kerch Strait incident shaped diplomacy, shipping and border policy.

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Omelyan says Berdiansk and Mariupol are blockaded after Kerch clash

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A look back at the diplomatic and security fallout in the days after the Kerch Strait incident, as it stood by 4 December 2018.

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Poroshenko asks NATO for warships as Trump drops Putin meeting

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A look back at where Ukraine, Russia and their partners stood on 3 December 2018, after a week of blockade claims, a cancelled summit meeting and an entry ban.

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