(MENAFN- Arab Times) French President Francois Hollande and his US counterpart Barack Obama on Saturday warned of "new measures" against Russia if it fails to move on defusing the crisis in Ukraine, the French presidency said. In a phone call on Saturday, Hollande and Obama insisted on the "need for Russia to withdraw forces sent to Crimea since the end of February and to do everything to allow the deployment of international observers," it said. "If there's a lack progress in this direction, new measures will be taken which would noticeably affect relations between the international community and Russia, which is in no-one's interest," it sai
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