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- ↑ Information note by the co-rapporteurs on their fact-finding visit to Kyiv and Odessa (7 to 11 July 2014) Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, press release of March 20, 2015.
- ↑ Laurence Norman (May 30, 2015), Russia Produces Blacklist of EU People Banned From Entering Country Wall Street Journal .
