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A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard in the city of Schastye in the Luhansk region late last month.
A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard in the city of Schastye in the Luhansk region late last month.

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

Final News Summary For September 1, 2017

-- EDITOR'S NOTE: We have started a new Ukraine Live Blog as of September 2, 2017. Find it here.

-- Ukraine says it will introduce new border-crossing rules from next year, affecting citizens of “countries that pose risks for Ukraine.”

-- The Association Agreement strengthening ties between Ukraine and the European Union entered into force on September 1, marking an end to four years of political drama surrounding the accord.

-- The trial of Crimean journalist Mykola Semena will resume later this month after the first hearing in weeks produced little progress toward a resolution of the politically charged case.

*NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Kyiv (GMT +3)

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Here's an item from RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service:

Ukraine Calls For International Support For Journalists Held In Russia

Ukrainian journalists Mykola Semena (left) and Roman Sushchenko (file photo)
Ukrainian journalists Mykola Semena (left) and Roman Sushchenko (file photo)

Lawmakers in Ukraine have called on parliaments across the world to help defend the rights of two Ukrainian journalists held in Moscow and the Crimean Peninsula

Ukraine’s parliament approved on October 5 a statement urging lawmakers, including in the European Union, United States, Canada, and Japan, to help provide legal support to Mykola Semena and Roman Sushchenko.

Sushchenko, a Paris-based correspondent with Ukraine's Ukrinform news agency, was detained in Moscow on September 30 and later charged with espionage.

Sushchenko's lawyers say the charge against their client is trumped-up, adding that Sushchenko arrived in Moscow to visit his relatives.

Semena, a contributor to RFE/RL's Crimean news website, Krym.Realii (Crimea Realities), was charged in April with calling for separatism.

Pro-Russian authorities in Crimea are not allowing Semena to leave the Russia-annexed peninsula while investigations against him are underway.

In New York, the Committee to Protect Journalists called on Russia to release Sushchenko and to "cease punishing Ukrainian journalists for tensions between the governments of Russia and Ukraine."

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