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Political leaders Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama spoke over the phone Friday deliberating on possibilities to a "diplomatic resolution" with the hostility in the Crimean peninsula, where Putin formally annexed earlier this month. The hour long conversation agreed on arranging a meeting scheduled for Sunday evening in Paris where secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to discuss further steps.
Russia is gathering of 50,000 troops along the Ukrainian border "under the guise of military exercises." said President Obama at an interview with CBS News. "It may simply be an effort to intimidate Ukraine, or it may be that they've got additional plans," Obama said. "And in either case, what we need right now to resolve and de-escalate the situation would be for Russia to move back those troops and to begin negotiations directly with the Ukrainian government, as well as the international community."
Senate Dianne Feinstein (D) expresses her optimism on the tension between Ukraine and Russia.
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In late November riots and protesters take to the streets in Kiev after former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's renounced his agreement to strengthen ties with the European Union and build closers ties with Russian instead. Several regions in the west of the country are in open revolt against the central government, while many in eastern Ukraine back the president and favor strong ties with Russia, their former Soviet ruler.
Mr Yanukovych was ousted in February after more than two months of huge anti-government demonstrations
Yankoyvch is now wanted by the new government on charges of mass murder after allegedly ordering police to open fire on opposition protesters in Kiev, killing more than one hundred people. He currently seeks refuge in Moscow under Putin's knowledge.
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