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"Earlier this month I conveyed a strong message to Ukraine, which stressed that respect for democratic principles and the rule of law, including the right to fair and independent legal processes, must remain the basis of our future relations."
Sep 28, 2011
"Earlier this month I conveyed a strong message to Ukraine, which stressed that respect for democratic principles and the rule of law, including the right to fair and independent legal processes, must remain the basis of our future relations."

Catherine Ashton, European Union's foreign policy chief, said on Tuesday in Strasbourg during a session of the European Parliament.

"We will continue to criticize the government's actions, because everything in the country is going the wrong way, and it is United Russia's monopoly that is to blame for that."
Sep 24, 2011
"We will continue to criticize the government's actions, because everything in the country is going the wrong way, and it is United Russia's monopoly that is to blame for that."

Sergei Mironov, leader of A Just Russia, explaning why his party will not support Vladimir Putin's return to the Russian presidency in 2012 and why he is opposed to the Putin-lead United Russia party.

"We're holding talks on the association agreement. They are very important for Brussels and Kyiv. At the same time, serious risks arise because of the selective use of justice. Ukrainian legislation left over from the Soviet era - the Criminal Code in particular - should be changed in order to meet European standards."
Sep 19, 2011
"We're holding talks on the association agreement. They are very important for Brussels and Kyiv. At the same time, serious risks arise because of the selective use of justice. Ukrainian legislation left over from the Soviet era - the Criminal Code in particular - should be changed in order to meet European standards."

Head of the European Union Delegation to Ukraine Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira said in Kyiv on Monday.

"The question of Ukraine's accession to the Customs Union is not on the agenda."
Sep 16, 2011
"The question of Ukraine's accession to the Customs Union is not on the agenda."

President Viktor Yanukovych said at the 8th Yalta Annual Meeting, entitled "Ukraine and the World: Common Challenges, Common Future," on Friday.

"We should always be prepared to pay for our independence, when it's necessary - with blood, and in a quiet time – with money, if there's not enough political wisdom and economic calculation. At the same time, it's unnecessary to confuse payment for independence with payment for stupidity."
Sep 15, 2011
"We should always be prepared to pay for our independence, when it's necessary - with blood, and in a quiet time – with money, if there's not enough political wisdom and economic calculation. At the same time, it's unnecessary to confuse payment for independence with payment for stupidity."

Ukraine's second president (1995-2005), Leonid Kuchma has said.

"I think it's fair to say the letter expresses concern about the state of democracy in Ukraine and refers specifically to the arrest and detention of [former Prime Minister Yulia] Tymoshenko, which is troubling."
Sep 12, 2011
"I think it's fair to say the letter expresses concern about the state of democracy in Ukraine and refers specifically to the arrest and detention of [former Prime Minister Yulia] Tymoshenko, which is troubling."

A Sept. 9 letter to President Viktor Yanukovych from European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as described by an unnamed official in Brussels, the EU's administrative capital.

"Our Ukrainian colleagues got on a train called 'Cheap Russian Gas' and don't know what station to get off at, they don't know that they might be heading for a dead end,"
Sep 6, 2011
"Our Ukrainian colleagues got on a train called 'Cheap Russian Gas' and don't know what station to get off at, they don't know that they might be heading for a dead end,"

Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said, discussing Ukraine's attempts to get Russia to cut the price of its exports to the nation from its current $350 per 1,000 cubic square meters.

"The success of reforms will be guaranteed by overcoming corruption – the priority threat to national security of Ukraine. For the first time in many years we are taking real steps, not decorative ones, as it has often been. But corruption cannot be crushed without ensuring the full equality of all citizens before the law."
Aug 23, 2011
"The success of reforms will be guaranteed by overcoming corruption – the priority threat to national security of Ukraine. For the first time in many years we are taking real steps, not decorative ones, as it has often been. But corruption cannot be crushed without ensuring the full equality of all citizens before the law."

President Viktor Yanukovych, in his Independence Day address to the Ukrainian people.


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