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Back to school in rebel east Ukraine - to the sound of bombs and Soviet songs

On the first day of school outside the east Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk, 11th-grade teache...

Oct 10, 2014 03:55 AM EDT

Russia moves closer to adopting compensation for sanctions law

The Russian parliament moved a step closer on Wednesday to adopting a law that would allow for forei...

Oct 09, 2014 03:21 AM EDT

Ukraine prosecutor opens criminal case against Russian officials

Ukrainian state prosecutors said on Tuesday they had opened a criminal investigation against a Russi...

Sep 30, 2014 07:53 AM EDT

Ukraine leader clings to European goal despite Putin

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has secured a temporary peace in the troubled east which he say...

Sep 28, 2014 11:27 AM EDT

Russians hand in Western T-shirts in patriotic fashion drive

Looking to put a patriotic spin on international sanctions over Ukraine, a local group is touring Mo...

Sep 28, 2014 01:26 AM EDT

Ukraine president sets 2020 as EU target date, defends peace plan

President Petro Poroshenko proclaimed reforms on Thursday spanning all aspects of life to make strif...

Sep 26, 2014 07:56 PM EDT

Russia's Khodorkovsky says he does not intend to set up party

Freed former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said in Berlin on Tuesday he had no intention of founding a...

Sep 23, 2014 09:20 PM EDT

Russia's Putin says sanctions violate principles of WTO

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Western sanctions against Russia violated the principles o...

Sep 18, 2014 11:28 PM EDT

Crimean critics call foul as region votes in first Russian election

Six months after Russia annexed Crimea, residents of the Black Sea peninsula cast their first votes ...

Sep 15, 2014 12:52 AM EDT

NATO countries have begun arms deliveries to Ukraine: defense minister

Ukraine's defense minister said on Sunday that NATO countries were delivering weapons to his country...

Sep 15, 2014 12:02 AM EDT

Russia protests over photographer's 'barbarous' killing in Ukraine

The Russian Foreign Ministry accused Ukrainian forces on Wednesday of responsibility for the "barbar...

Sep 04, 2014 02:36 AM EDT

Vladimir Putin's Gamble: $51 Billion 2014 Winter Olympics Begin in Sochi

'Welcome to the center of the universe," yelled Russian TV star Yana Churikova during the pre-show a...

Feb 07, 2014 07:28 PM EST

Russian Pres. Putin Says Amnesty Bill May Soon Free Greenpeace Activists & Pussy Riot; Khodorkovsky Offered To Be Pardoned (Video)

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that two jailed members of the punk band Pussy Rio...

Dec 19, 2013 01:01 PM EST

Anna Politkovskaya: Judge Dismisses Jury in Murder Trial For Slain Russian Journalist (Video)

A Moscow City Court judged dismissed the jury in the murder trial of five men who have been suspecte...

Nov 14, 2013 07:54 PM EST

Putin Tops Obama: Forbes Magazine Ranks Russian President As 2013's 'World's Most Powerful' Person (Video)

Russian President Vladimir Putin ranked as the world's most powerful leader in a 2013 Forbes list fo...

Oct 30, 2013 01:46 PM EDT

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