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Russian delegates defiant at hostile OSCE assembly meeting
VIENNA, Austria (AP) — A contentious Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe parliamentary meeting ended Friday with condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — as Russian delegates accused the West of preventing dialogue by arming Kyiv. The Parliamentary...
Ukraine shuns OSCE gathering in Vienna over Russian presence
VIENNA (AP) — A meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's parliamentary assembly got underway Thursday without the Ukrainian delegation, which described the presence of Russian lawmakers as “an affront.” The two-day meeting of the normally low-profile...
Ukraine to boycott OSCE meeting in Vienna if Russia attends
VIENNA (AP) — Ukraine has informed the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe that it won't attend the next meeting of its parliamentary assembly if sanctioned Russian lawmakers are allowed to participate. The meeting is scheduled to take place in Vienna on Feb. 23-24,...
EXPLAINER: Tensions high over isolated Azerbaijan region
MOSCOW (AP) — Two years after Azerbaijan and Armenia ended a war that killed about 6,800 soldiers and displaced around 90,000 civilians, tensions between the countries are again high in a dispute over a six-kilometer (nearly four-mile) road known as the Lachin Corridor. The...
