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Rada gives deportation of Ukrainians from Poland official state status

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A parliamentary resolution on 8 November 2018 turned a 1944–1951 episode into a matter of state commemoration.

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Andriivska Church and the Orthodox rift

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A look back at how a parliamentary vote in Kyiv fed into a widening split between Moscow and Constantinople in October 2018.

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

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

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Why the Orthodox split mattered to Kyiv and Moscow

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

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Why did Moscow's church break with Constantinople?

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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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Russian Orthodox Church cuts ties after Constantinople backs Ukrainian autocephaly

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

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Kyiv's church question before 14 October 2018

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

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Constantinople moves toward Ukrainian church independence

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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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What did Moscow say about the lapsing friendship treaty?

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A retrospective on the days after Kyiv decided not to extend the 1997 Russian–Ukrainian Friendship Treaty.

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Notification received: Ukraine will not renew Russian–Ukrainian Friendship Treaty

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A look back at the notification over Ukraine's decision not to extend the 1997 Big Treaty with Russia.

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Russia confirms notice on Friendship Treaty

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A look back at the 2018 exchange over Ukraine's decision not to renew the 1997 agreement with Russia.

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Russia confirms notification of Kyiv's refusal to extend treaty

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A look back at the diplomatic notification that marked the end of a 1997 agreement between Kyiv and Moscow.

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What Russia's acknowledgement on the Friendship Treaty meant

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A look back at the day Russia confirmed it had been told Ukraine would not renew the 1997 Big Treaty.

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Election commission overhaul in Kiev, arms sanctions on Beijing's military

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A new Central Election Commission in Ukraine and US sanctions on a Chinese military agency over Russian arms were both announced on the same day.

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What happened in Kyiv and Washington on 20 September 2018?

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A look back at two political developments dated 20 September 2018: a refreshed Central Election Commission in Ukraine and US sanctions on a Chinese military agency.

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What happened on Ukraine's State Flag Day in 2018?

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A look back at the 2018 holiday, marked by a record-sized flag-raising in Dnipro, and at US sanctions announced two days earlier.

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What the flag raising in Dnipro showed

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A look back at Ukraine's State Flag Day in 2018, and a separate US sanctions move against Russian shipping firms.

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Russian bank and Skripal poisoning behind new US sanctions

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A look back at the US measures announced in early August 2018 over the Skripal poisoning and a Russian bank's dealings with North Korea.

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US hits Russia with sanctions over Skripal nerve-agent attack

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A look back at US measures against Russia reported in the days before 9 August 2018, tied to the Skripal poisoning and a North Korea-linked transaction.

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Sanctions on Russia: the Crimea bridge and a bank

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A look back at two sanctions measures against Russian targets announced in the days before 5 August 2018.

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