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Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 27, 2014 2 Comments
One monitor was freed Sunday after pro-Russian separatists seized a group of eight European monitors with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in eastern Ukraine earlier this weekend. From CNN: Pro-Russian separatists holding a European military observer team in eastern Ukraine released one of...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 21, 2014 14 Comments
Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Ukraine Monday, where he planned to meet with the acting prime minister and president, as well as various members of Parliament and representatives from non-governmental organizations over the next two days.  Biden’s trip comes on the heels of yet...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 17, 2014 14 Comments
Earlier Thursday, reports surfaced that leaflets were distributed earlier in the week in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk demanding Jews register with a government office. We waited to report the information here at Legal Insurrection because of conflicting reports on the story and questions...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 16, 2014 33 Comments
The efforts of Ukraine’s government to crack down on pro-Russia separatists who have recently seized various government and security buildings in the east appeared to suffer setbacks Wednesday. From CNN: Pro-Russian militants appeared to tighten their grip on Ukraine’s eastern town of Slaviansk on Wednesday...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 13, 2014 3 Comments
The crisis in Ukraine again further escalated this weekend after a group of armed men seized the police station and a security services headquarters in an eastern Ukrainian city. From Reuters: Armed men seized official buildings in a city in eastern Ukraine on Saturday and hoisted the...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 02, 2014 4 Comments
There have been some very troubling developments in turmoil-ridden Egypt recently. There were a series of blasts around Cairo University yesterday, which killed several people including a top police official. A third blast struck near police deployed outside Cairo University close to where an earlier...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on March 30, 2014 11 Comments
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for about four hours on Sunday, where they discussed the situation in Ukraine and reportedly agreed at least on the need for a diplomatic solution. From USA Today: Secretary of State John...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on March 17, 2014 20 Comments
Following Sunday’s referendum vote in Crimea to break from Ukraine and join Russia, President Obama on Monday announced a series of new sanctions. (Video at end of this post). From Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama imposed sanctions on 11 Russians and Ukrainians on Monday blamed...
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