Economics
Obama Joins Merkel in Setting Ukraine Election as Trigger
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President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the scheduled May 25 elections in Ukraine are the next trigger point determining whether the U.S. and its allies slap broader economic sanctions on Russia.
Obama and Merkel, at a joint news conference at the White House, said today Russia must pull back support for Ukrainian separatists so that the election can proceed unimpeded.