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Belarusian soldiers fill in their ballots at a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. Belarusians are voting on whether to grant their authoritarian president a sixth term in office, following a campaign marked by unusually strong demonstrations by opposition supporters frustrated with the country's stumbling economy, political repression and weak response to the coronavirus pandemic. Incumbent Alexander Lukashenko, in office for 26...

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Police, protesters clash after Belarus presidential vote

by Yuras Karmanau Associated PressAugust 9, 2020

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch leaves after testifying to the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ukrainian police said Thursday Jan. 16, 2020, they have opened an investigation into the possibility that former ambassador Yovanovitch came under illegal surveillance before she was recalled from her post in US. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, FILE)

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Ukraine probes surveillance of US envoy

by Yuras Karmanau Associated PressJanuary 16, 2020

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, left, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, third left and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, attend a joint news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday Dec. 9, 2019. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met for the first time Monday at a summit in Paris to try to end five years of war between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed separatists. (Charles Platiau/Pool...

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Russia, Ukraine open talks on reviving peace process

by Vladimir Isachenkov Associated Press, Sylvie Corbet Associated Press, and Yuras Karmanau Associated PressDecember 9, 2019

A woman leaves a booth at a polling station, during the second round of presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, April 21, 2019. Top issues in the election have been corruption, the economy and how to end the conflict with Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

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Comedian headed for landslide win

by Yuras Karmanau Associated PressApril 21, 2019

Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy responds to a question during a press conference after the presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday.

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Comedian tops presidential vote

by Yuras Karmanau Associated PressMarch 31, 2019

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speak to soldiers during a visit to a military base in Chernihiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday.

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Putin calls Ukraine’s martial law a political trick

by Yuras Karmanau Associated Press, and Nataliya Vasilyeva Associated PressNovember 29, 2018

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko looks up during an interview with foreign media, with the portrait of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, left in the background, in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, May 31, 2018. Arkady Babchenko detailed the deception to reporters Thursday for the first time since Ukrainian authorities revealed they had staged his death to foil an alleged plot on his life by Moscow's security services. (Valentyn Ogirenko/Pool Photo via AP)

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Makeup and pig’s blood

by Yuras Karmanau Associated Press, and Nataliya Vasilyeva Associated PressMay 31, 2018

Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, center, speaks to people wounded during clashes with police in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. The former president of Georgia who has become Ukraine’s top opposition politician said on Wednesday that he would not give himself up to authorities after the prosecutors issued an ultimatum. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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Protests in Ukraine raise specter of another uprising

by Yuras Karmanau Associated Press, and Iuliia Subbotovska Associated PressDecember 8, 2017