Ukraine Cables
Nato makes Membership Pledge to Ukraine - Reuters: LINK ¤ REUTERS
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- "since the actions - of Russia - on Feb. 24 2022 !"
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- "there are the - fully accessions of - Sweden - and Finland - to the Nato !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Ukraine's President - Volodymyr Zelenskiy - is welcomed by !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Nato - Secretary-General - Jens Stoltenberg - who reaffirms !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "his view - that Ukraine - would become a member - Nato makes a !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "membership pledge - to Ukraine - and support it - in many ways !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "also in the form - of a Nato-Ukraine Council !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Nato - stands united - and this actions Russia - will not pay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Zelenskiy - welcomes the powerful - and very timely !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "defence packages - of the Nato states - the USA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the EU - Canada - and the UK - to the Ukraine !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and the Ukraine - has accession talks - with the EU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the European Commission President - Ursula von der Leyen - says !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "to Volodymyr Zelenskiy - Ukraine - made "great strides" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "but there is more work - before joining the - European Union !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "this work - is coordinated by - EU Council Chief - Charles Michel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Ukraine - got the EU - candidate status - in 2022 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "in the European Parliament - Volodymyr Zelenskiy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "gets - very much applause - as it also often happens - elsewhere !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Ukraine Report - BBC: LINK ¤ B B C
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- "Ukraine - a land of fertile agricultural plains - gained !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "independence - in 1991 - in 2004 - there was the so-called !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- ""Orange Revolution" - with reference to the colour - of the main !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "opposition movement - Viktor Yushchenko - won the presidency !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Yulia Tymoshenko - won the parliamentary elections - and became prime minister !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "they succeeded - in carrying out - some democratic reforms !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "in 2013 - the "Maidan" protests - forced the collapse - and flight - of Yanukovych !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( Russia ! )"
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- "in 2014 - the anti-Russian - Petro Poroshenko - was elected - as president of Ukraine !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "against corruption - sparked the country’s - "Maidan revolution" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "most protesters - want a new type - of society - with more justice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the President - Petro Poroshenko - promises a new style - of politics !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "with - open - and transparent - governance !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Poroshenko says - he is determined - against oligarchs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and prevent influence - of private interests - on the state !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "it was this goal - that he had sacked - Ihor Kolomoisky - in central Ukraine !"
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- "the parliamentary elections - return a new generation !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "of younger - idealistic figures - who promise - that Ukraine !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "would never be run - in the interests - of a few people !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Pope Francis - says sincere - peace efforts - are needed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "of all sides - the peace plan - negotiated in Minsk !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "should be - fully implemented - and Pope Francis calls !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "for a sincere - and great effort - to achieve peace !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Maidan - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN_________________________________________
- "Ukraine's parliament - voted to - impeach - Yanukovych !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "on the streets - and at the - Maidan square !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "after the three-month - protests - win a decisive victory !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "there is - celebration !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "but also a sense - that the real work - now begins !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Mykhailo Gavryliuk - says "Ukraine - is new born" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "in these events - for that they need - a leader !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "who likes Ukraine - more than himself !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Prime Minister - Yulia Tymoshenko - publicly demanded !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "higher - gas transit - fees !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and the - elimination - of intermediaries !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Gas - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08MOSCOW623_________________________________________
- "NaftoHaz - accepted that it owed - "some debt" !"
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- "however - it objected to the - billing practices - of the !"
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- "intermediaries - especially their use of - "insufficient documentation" !"
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- "and therefore questioned - the claimed amount - of the debt !"
International Monetary Fund - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09KYIV2135
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- "Ukrainian foreign minister - Poroshenko - said "his meetings with" !"
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- "IMF managing director - Lipsky - were not - constructive !"
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- "his relations - more generally - with the IMF - were "very bad" !"
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- "for example - the IMF had criticized - the social standards law !"
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International Monetary Fund - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09KYIV2140_________________________________________
- "Prime Minister - Tymoshenko - and her cabinet - were concerned !"
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- "that the - IMF's Lipsky - and staff-level mathematicians !"
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- "failed to see - the Ukrainian point !"
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- "IMF staff - had dictated - the pace - of that program !"
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Tschernobyls Helden - der Standard: LINK ¤ der STANDARD_________________________________________
- "insgesamt waren im ersten halben Jahr - 1986 - 700.000 Menschen !"
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- "in Tschernobyl im Einsatz - wo Material weggeräumt worden war !"
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- "was öffentlich - verschwiegen worden war ! - ( die damaligen Verantwortlichen - wollten keine - Helden ! )"
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- "Boris Derkatsch - sagte "er weiß - dass er seine Arbeit - gemacht hat" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "er hat mitgeholfen - das ist genug - für ihn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Odessa - is a city - located on the Black Sea !!!!!!!!!!!!"