Earlier this week, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb said the EU needed to work closely with Russia.

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With luck, says Mr Stubb, a government could be in place by May 9th, but he acknowledges this timetable is optimistic.

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Alexander Stubb, of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), said he had witnessed elderly people being transported in lorries.

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