title: PUTIN USES HISTORICAL TIES TO WOO UKRAINE
abstract: PUTIN USES HISTORICAL TIES TO WOO UKRAINE. (By Ivan Nechepurenko. The
   Moscow Times, July 29, 2013, p. 69. Condensed text:) [Russian] President
   Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill visited Ukraine over the weekend and unleashed
   a range of arguments in favor of Ukraine's closer integration with Russia, from
   common spiritual and historical ties to economic expediency. ... The president was accompanied by Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church
   in an apparent bid to use the historical ce
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