Ukraine

Russia defends Ukraine pilot's detention; U.N., U.S. demand release

The United Nations, the United States and Britain demanded during a United Nations Security Council ...

Mar 07, 2015 06:38 AM EST

International focus turns to bolstering Ukraine ceasefire

Steps to bolster a fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine gathered momentum on Friday as support withi...

Mar 07, 2015 05:27 AM EST

Britain: EU to prepare possible new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine

Britain's foreign minister said on Friday the European Union would prepare possible new sanctions on...

Mar 06, 2015 04:26 AM EST

Scribbled note shows Nemtsov on trail of Russian deaths in Ukraine

It may have been the last note Boris Nemtsov ever wrote, a hurried scrawl in blue pen on a plain whi...

Mar 05, 2015 06:24 PM EST

French court approves Kazakh tycoon Ablyazov's extradition

France's highest appeals court paved the way on Wednesday for the extradition to either Russia or Uk...

Mar 05, 2015 10:06 AM EST

Russia starts large-scale military exercises in disputed territories

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that large-scale military exercises had started in southe...

Mar 05, 2015 08:38 AM EST

Blood near the Kremlin: Russia's media fight back

A corpse on a bloodstained bridge, with the Kremlin's red stars glowing behind: the perfect symbolic...

Mar 02, 2015 06:56 PM EST

Kerry says he pressed Russia's Lavrov on Ukraine ceasefire deal

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he told Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday tha...

Mar 02, 2015 08:50 AM EST

'I am not afraid,' Russians march in memory of murdered Putin critic

Holding placards declaring "I am not afraid", thousands of Russians marched in Moscow on Sunday in m...

Mar 01, 2015 08:18 AM EST

Russians to march in memory of murdered critic of Putin

Opposition supporters will march through Moscow on Sunday in memory of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov,...

Feb 28, 2015 06:06 PM EST

Russian opposition leader Nemtsov shot dead in Moscow

Boris Nemtsov, a Russian opposition politician and former deputy prime minister who was an outspoken...

Feb 27, 2015 06:55 PM EST

Kerry suggests Russia sanctions decision could come soon

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday additional sanctions against Russia are "teed u...

Feb 26, 2015 08:33 AM EST

Putin surveys the map as he ponders next move on Ukraine

In Russia, Vladimir Putin likes to portray himself as the saviour of the nation. In Europe and the U...

Feb 23, 2015 10:19 AM EST

EU discussing further Russia sanctions over Ukraine: Tusk

European Union leaders are discussing possible further sanctions to penalize Russia over the crisis ...

Feb 21, 2015 06:19 AM EST

Moscow court jails Navalny for 15 days, bars him from opposition rally

A Moscow court late on Thursday jailed prominent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny for 15 day...

Feb 19, 2015 06:30 PM EST

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