[RED DEMOCRATICA] Ukraine peace agreement acts as a precarious first step

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Ban urges rapid deployment of additional troops to CAR Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   February 21, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Ukraine peace agreement acts as a precarious first step A peace agreement brokered by the EU and Russia calls for a transitional government to be established in Ukraine and a referendum to be held in September on a new constitution. President Viktor Yanukovych will stay in power until the election. The deal was met with criticism by some protesters interviewed by The Washington Post. 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