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March 20 Ukraine has decided to relinquish its chairmanship of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and was pondering a possible withdrawal from the bloc. Read more |
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March 19 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a treaty with leaders of Crimea to accept the Republic of Crimea Read more |
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March 17 The UN Security Council on Saturday failed to adopt a draft resolution on Ukraine. Read more |
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March 16 Russia is threatened to lose its status as a G8 member country amid the Ukrainian crisis as the G7 group is considering to choose London as an alternative meeting place Read more |
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March 12 Crimea's parliament has adopted a declaration of independence from Ukraine ahead of a March 16 referendum |
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Feb 28 Ukraine says Russian troops have taken up positions at strategic locations on the Crimean peninsula. Parliament adopts a resolution demanding that Russia halt moves that undermine Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Read more |
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Feb 26 Leaders of Ukraine's protest movement propose legislator Arseniy Yatsenyuk as prime minister. In Moscow, Putin orders major military exercises just across the border. Read more |
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Feb 24 Ukraine's interim government draws up a warrant for Yanukovych's arrest. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev derides the new leaders in Kiev as "Kalashnikov-toting people in black masks". Read more |
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Feb 22 Parliament votes to remove Yanukovych and hold new elections. Tymoshenko is freed and addresses tens of thousands on the Maidan. Read more |
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Feb 21 Parliament cuts presidential powers and votes to free Yanukovych's rival, Yulia Tymoshenko, from prison. Yanukovych flees Kiev after protesters take control. Read more |
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Feb 20 Hours after a truce is announced, violence resumes. Most of the total 82 deaths occur on this day. Read more |
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Feb 18 Protesters attack police lines and set fires outside Parliament after it stalls on a constitutional reform that would have limited presidential powers. Read more |
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Jan 28 In concessions to the opposition, the prime minister resigns and Parliament repeals the anti-protest laws that set off the violence. Read more |
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Nov 21 President Viktor Yanukovych's government announces that it is abandoning an agreement to strengthen ties with the European Union and is instead seeking closer cooperation with Moscow. Protesters take to the streets. |