David.Orban / FlickrThe malaise appears to have been felt not only by clothes shops. Nearly 25 percent fewer people visited Moscow's malls in the week leading up the start of the school year than in the same period of 2013, a survey said, indicating that ...

A cease-fire struck between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists was largely holding on Monday in eastern Ukraine despite sporadic violations, but Europe's security watchdog said the sides must push for a political settlement. The cease-fire, which ...

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (L) takes part in a traditional bread and salt ceremony upon his arrival at an airport outside Minsk August 26, 2014. Russia and Ukraine said last Tuesday their presidents would meet together with top European Union ...

Valentyn Ogirenko / ReutersRefugees from the city of Luhansk sit inside a car at a checkpoint near the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve, Aug. 16, 2014. Three refugees including a five-year-old child were killed near the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk ...

British tycoon Richard Branson plans to succeed where countless politicians, diplomats and a cavalcade of sanctions have so far failed by marshaling international business leaders to bring peace to Ukraine. In a statement published Wednesday on his blog, ...

Hollywood star Vin Diesel has challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to pour a bucket of ice cubes over his head, as part of a global action to raise awareness for a degenerative motor neuron disease.

Sergei Chirikov / ReutersPresident Putin struck a peaceful note in Yalta, Crimea, on Thursday compared with rabble-rousing speeches by politicians including Zhirinovsky (left). Against a backdrop of saber-rattling statements made by leaders of State Duma ...

Sergei Chirikov / ReutersPresident Putin struck a peaceful note in Yalta, Crimea, on Thursday compared with rabble-rousing speeches by politicians including Zhirinovsky (left). Against a backdrop of saber-rattling statements made by leaders of State Duma ...

Sergei Chirikov / ReutersPresident Putin struck a peaceful note in Yalta, Crimea, on Thursday compared with rabble-rousing speeches by politicians including Zhirinovsky (left). Against a backdrop of saber-rattling statements made by leaders of State Duma ...

LONDON — The Kremlin's worst clash with the West since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union has accelerated the outflow of two of Russia's most prized assets: money and brains. Vladimir Putin's annexation of Crimea and support for rebels accused of ...

Ukrainian airlines will be banned from passing through Russian airspace on routes to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia and Turkey, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday. Amid a counterattack on Western countries that have sanctioned Russia over the ...

Belarus could follow Russia's lead by banning imports of beef, milk and dairy products from Ukraine, the head of the country's food safety watchdog, Yury Pivovarchik, was quoted as saying Tuesday by ITAR-Tass. Russia's food safety watchdog earlier this ...

Russian airlines Aeroflot and Transaero turned back at least two planes flying to Israel on Tuesday, after a rocket fell about a mile away from Tel Aviv's international airport. Both companies said the aircraft were not experiencing any technical problems and ...

Talks between the European Commission and Russia over the supply of gas to Ukraine have been postponed until next week, the Energy Ministry said Thursday, as ties between Moscow and Brussels hit a new low. The ministry said the negotiations on ...

Russia urged the European Union on Friday to refrain from implementing a free-trade pact with Ukraine until Moscow's concerns over the agreement are addressed. Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev warned after talks in Brussels with EU Trade ...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has nominated a new defense minister and appointed a new armed forces chief in a shakeup of a military currently driving against Russian separatists despite moves for a new cease-fire. Poroshenko told deputies on ...

President Vladimir Putin may fail to secure his goal of derailing Ukraine's Association Agreement with the EU, but at home he has already cashed in on his Ukrainian political strategy by completely resetting Russia's national conversation. His principal ...

President Vladimir Putin may fail to secure his goal of derailing Ukraine's Association Agreement with the EU, but at home he has already cashed in on his Ukrainian political strategy by completely resetting Russia's national conversation. His principal ...

President Vladimir Putin may fail to secure his goal of derailing Ukraine's Association Agreement with the EU, but at home he has already cashed in on his Ukrainian political strategy by completely resetting Russia's national conversation. His principal ...

Russian natural gas exporter Gazprom reduced supplies to Ukraine on Monday after Kiev failed to meet a deadline to pay off its gas debts in a dispute that could disrupt supplies to the rest of Europe. Announcing that Ukraine will now only get gas it pays for in ...