The Ukrainian parliament ratified an agreement on Sept. 16 to forge an economic and political association with the European Union and quietly passed legislation to grant amnesty to pro-Russian rebels and greater autonomy to regions they control in eastern Ukraine.
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Washington Post: Ukraine ratifies association with EU, grants concessions to rebels
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko shows a newly voted Ukrainian law about the ratification of the Ukraine-EU association agreement on Sept. 16, 2014 at the Ukrainian Parliament in Kyiv.
