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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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And here's a video report from Kharkiv by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service:

Ukrainian Nationalist Group Holds Torchlight Rally In Kharkiv

Hundreds of activists of Ukraine's Azov Civil Corps marched with torches through the northeastern city of Kharkiv. The nationalist group held the march on December 11, followed by a rally with flares and other fireworks, and the chanting of patriotic slogans.

Ukrainian Nationalist Group Holds Torchlight Rally In Kharkiv
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Here's another item from RFE/RL's news desk:

Pretrial Detention Of Crimean Tatar Activist Prolonged

Ahtem Ciygoz (file photo)
Ahtem Ciygoz (file photo)

A court in Russian-controlled Crimea has prolonged pretrial detention for jailed Crimean Tatar activist Ahtem Ciygoz for another three months.

Ciygoz's lawyer, Nikolai Polozov, wrote on Twitter on December 12 that his client's pretrial detention was prolonged until April 8, 2017.

It had been set to end on January 8.

Ciygoz is charged with organizing public disorder.

He was detained in January 2015 in connection with unrest outside the Crimean parliament on February 26, 2014, when Crimean Tatars and other pro-Ukrainian activists clashed with pro-Russian activists.

The next day, armed men in uniforms without insignia seized the parliament building and the legislature voted to join Russia several days later.

After sending in troops, Russia cemented its control over Crimea in March 2014 by staging a referendum condemned as illegitimate by Ukraine, the United States, and a total of 100 UN member states.

The Moscow-based Memorial Human Rights Center has deemed Ciygoz a political prisoner.

Rights groups say Crimean Tatars and others who opposed Russia's takeover have faced discrimination and abuse at the hands of the Moscow-imposed authorities.

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