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RIA Novosti: EU denies pressure on Ukraine over same-sex marriages

By RIA Novosti.
Supporters of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych shout slogans as they take part in a mass rally on European Square in Kiev on December 14, 2013. Ukraine's capital braced for a tense weekend on December 14 as supporters of President Viktor Yanukovych prepared to mount a massive rally right next to the camp of pro-EU protesters who demand his resignation. AFP PHOTO/ VIKTOR DRACHEV
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 KIEV, December 15 (RIA Novosti) – A senior EU official has denied that the European Union pressured Ukraine to legalize same-sex marriages in exchange for signing an association deal.

“There are no such demands. It is not about becoming more tolerant first of all towards sexual minorities. We are talking about solving the problem of discrimination as a whole,” EU's ambassador to Ukraine, Jan Tombinski said in an interview with zaxid.net Saturday.

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