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EU Observer: EU ministers look to salvage Georgia and Moldova pacts

By EU Observer.

Published Feb. 10, 2014 at 9:38 am

An activist wearing a pan on her head reading \"Don't make Maidan angry\" hold a picture of jailed former Ukrainian Prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko during mass rally of the opposition on Independence Square in Kiev on February 9, 2014. An estimated 70,000 pro-Western Ukrainians thronged the heart of Kiev on Sunday vowing never to give up their drive to oust President Viktor Yanukovych for his alliance with old master Russia. Wearing blue and yellow ribbons -- the colours of both Ukraine and the European Union -- the crowd sreceived a religious blessing before opposition leaders took to a podium on Independence Square in a bid to ratchet up pressure on Yanukovych to appoint a new pro-Western government. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY

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BRUSSELS - The EU is considering hiring lobbyists to counter Russian “disinformation” and giving more money to Georgia and Moldova in reaction to the Ukraine crisis.

The ideas are put forward in two internal papers - seen by EUobserver - to be discussed by EU foreign ministers at a lunch in Brussels on Monday (10 February).

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