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Weekend: Russia boosts military presence near Ukraine border

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Russia boosts military presence near Ukraine border

05/12/2021 GMT

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Tensions have risen after Russia increased its military presence near the border with Ukraine. Russia has denied it is preparing an attack. NATO foreign ministers met this week in the Latvian capital, Riga. The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, urged Russia to pull back its forces. 

Also in the programme: the possibility of a migrant crisis in Ukraine; and the role of women in organised crime. 

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Felia Allum, Senior lecturer at the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath, and Steve Erlanger, chief diplomatic correspondent for the New York Times. 

(Photo: Ukrainian serviceman check the situation at the positions on a front line near Svetlodarsk. CREDIT: EPA/ANATOLII STEPANOV)

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