Russia and Ukraine make progress but no breakthrough
After talks in Paris attention now turns to what’s next in the quest to stop the simmering five-year war between Ukrainian government forces and Moscow-backed separatists in Ukraine's east
With the leaders of Russia and Ukraine having met in Paris for their first talks in nearly three years aimed at ending the conflict in east Ukraine, attention now turns to what’s next in the quest to stop the simmering five-year war between Ukrainian government forces and Moscow-backed separatists. From Moscow, Charles Maynes reports the talks resulted in little progress on the core issue that sparked the conflict.
The idea for the talks appears to have been jumpstarted by Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, when he said Moscow was eager to extend the New START nuclear arms control treaty by the end of this year 'without any preconditions'
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Leaders of Russia and Ukraine head to Paris next week to resume talks aimed at ending the fighting
Meeting is part of a European summit aimed at ending the five-year war between Ukraine’s government forces and pro-Russian rebels
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The leaders of Russia and Ukraine hold their first face to face talks next week in Paris (December 9) as part of a European summit aimed at ending the five-year war between Ukraine’s government forces and pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine. From Moscow, Charles Maynes has a preview of the challenges ahead.
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The gesture comes ahead of new talks aimed at ending the war in eastern Ukraine
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Artists have injected new life into abandoned buildings in what was communist East Berlin
In the 30 years that have passed since the Berlin Wall came down and ended a decades-long division between the eastern and western parts of the city, it is artists who have injected new life into the abandoned buildings in what was communist East Berlin. And as Charles Maynes reports, this cultural scene became a driving force behind the reconciliation of East and West - a process that continues to this day.
As the world marks 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, in former communist East Germany, a democratic slogan from the revolution of 1989 rebounds - and resonates - among the present day nationalist far right
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