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Ukraine: the untold story
BRIAN DENNY examines the far-right connections of Ukraine's pro-EU faction

Ukraine's refusal to sign an EU association agreement, the ensuing protests and the attempt to oust the government in a failed no-confidence vote all have their origins in a grand geopolitical battle being waged between Germany and Russia.

Germany is using the European Union to bring pressure to bear to integrate Ukraine into Berlin's political and economic sphere.

However Germany's expansion project was brought to a halt at the EU's eastern partnership summit in Vilnius.

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