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Moscow mayor barred entry to Ukraine for claiming its city belongs to Russia
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream Ukraine on Monday barred the powerful Moscow mayor from entering...cede a key city to Russia. The move...neighbors, as Moscow bitterly...join NATO. Ukraine's State...Service said in ...

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