Obama decries ‘thugs’ in Ukraine, Russian ‘provocation’ (via AFP)

US President Barack Obama told Russia Sunday it should cooperate with international observers in Ukraine, not stand by while they were detained by pro-Moscow “thugs.” Obama also made his first public comments on new international sanctions due to come…

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