*'''29 August.''' NSA found to be paying hundreds of millions of dollars each year to US companies for access to their networks.
*'''29 August.''' NSA found to be paying hundreds of millions of dollars each year to US companies for access to their networks.
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*'''August.''' <font color="blue">Ukraine submits an application for observer status to in the Eurasian Economic Union as an observer.<ref>[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/182869.html Ukraine seeking observer status in Eurasian Economic Union - Yanukovych], Interfax-Ukraine (19 December 2013)</ref>