CRIMEANS BACK RUSSIAN TAKEOVER: IF THEY TRY TO TAKE IT BACK, A??I WILL FIGHTA??

There is popular support for Russian President Vladimir Putin's plans to build a bridge across the Kerch Strait to integrate Crimea with mainland Russia... READ MORE›

5-YR UKRAINE BAN PROPOSED FOR LE PEN AFTER HER 'NO ILLEGAL ANNEXATION' COMMENT ON CRIMEA

5-yr Ukraine ban proposed for Le Pen after her 'no illegal annexation' comment on Crimea -- RT News... READ MORE›

MILITIA TRAINING CLUBS FIND EAGER AUDIENCE AMONG RUSSIAN NATIONALISTS

He also blames the West. The goal of the West is to weaken us by making Russians kill one another, Gariev said... READ MORE›

A RIGHT-WING MILITIA TRAINS RUSSIANS TO FIGHT THE NEXT WAR -- WITH OR WITHOUT PUTIN

He also blames the West. The goal of the West is to weaken us by making Russians kill one another, Gariev said... READ MORE›

MOSCOW COURT RECOGNIZES 2014 TURMOIL IN UKRAINE AS COUP D'ETAT

Moscow court recognizes 2014 turmoil in Ukraine as coup d'etat -- RT Russian politics... READ MORE›

NEW YORK TIMES ADMITS UKRAINE'S YANUKOVICH WAS RIGHT NOT TO SIGN EU DEAL

Especially the poultry business, which due to miserly EU quotas, and the loss of the Russian market, has been decimated... READ MORE›

FIGHTING IN E UKRAINE EASES AMID TRUCE

The conflict between government troops and rebels in eastern Ukraine has been raging since April 2014, claiming some 10,000 lives... READ MORE›

CRIMEAN LAWMAKERS READY TO REPORT TO UN ON REAL SITUATION IN RUSSIAN REPUBLIC

Crimean lawmakers ready to report to UN on real situation in Russian republic -- RT Russian politics... READ MORE›

U.S. BLACKLISTS 15 RUSSIAN ENTITIES LINKED TO UKRAINE AND CRIMEA

Administration officials said these sanctions were not related to the Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee... READ MORE›

EU SUMMIT: RUSSIA SANCTIONS TO STAY, DUTCH UKRAINE DEAL

EU leaders have agreed to extend sanctions against Russia over Ukraine for a further six months... READ MORE›

WORST INSURGENT CLASH IN MONTHS CLAIMS FIVE UKRAINE TROOPS

Kiev military spokesman Leonid Matyukhin told AFP that another six soldiers were wounded in the battle for control of the strategic city of Debaltseve... READ MORE›

EX-UKRAINIAN LAWMAKER ASKS MOSCOW COURT TO RECOGNIZE KIEV REGIME CHANGE AS COUP D'ETAT

I will testify about the coup d'etat that took place in Ukraine and had grave consequences, he stated... READ MORE›

CRIMEAN GOLD MUST GO BACK TO UKRAINE, SAYS DUTCH COURT

Four museums in Crimea asked for the collection to be returned, but Ukraine argued that it was state property... READ MORE›

EX-TRUMP ADVISER: UKRAINE, CRIMEA COVERAGE IS EXAMPLE OF 'FAKE NEWS'

US and European companies are very interested in returning to the Russian market, he said... READ MORE›

'WE WILL DEFEND OUR ALLIES:' RUSSIA WARNED AGAINST INTERFERING WITH WESTERN POLITICS

U.S. Defence Secretary Ash Carter warns Russia against interfering with Western democratic processes and accuses Moscow of aggressive behaviour aimed at eroding the international order... READ MORE›

FUGITIVE UKRAINIAN MP SAYS HE HANDED PROOF OF POROSHENKO 'BUYING VOTES' TO US JUSTICE DEPT

The leak, which Onyshchenko says he handed to American investigators on November 29, allegedly describes the inner workings of the Ukrainian parliament and Poroshenko's cabinet... READ MORE›

MOST RUSSIANS WANT UKRAINE INDEPENDENT BUT FRIENDLY POLL SHOWS

In early 2015, 26 percent of Russians estimated the probability of a full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine as very high... READ MORE›

'VISA GENOCIDE': SENIOR DIPLOMAT BLASTS EUROPEAN RESTRICTIONS ON CRIMEA RESIDENTS

They include a refusal to issue EU entry visas to Crimeans with Russian citizenship... READ MORE›

RUSSIANS WARM TOWARDS WEST & FAVOR RAPPROCHEMENT, POLL SHOWS

Thirty-three percent of Russians said that their attitude to Ukraine was good, up from 26 percent in October... READ MORE›

TIME LAPSE COLOSSAL CHERNOBYL SHELTER SLIDES INTO PLACE

"Radioactive dust inside the structure is being blown out through the cracks," Sergiy Paskevych of Ukraine's Institute of Nuclear Power Plant Safety Problems told AFP... READ MORE›

FORMER UKRAINE PRESIDENT VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH COURT APPEARANCE

Ukraine's former president, Viktor Yanukovych, has been questioned via video-link from Russia... READ MORE›

UKRAINE'S MISSILE TEST PLANS NEAR CRIMEA HEAT UP ROW WITH RUSSIA

Ukraine's planned missile tests come against a backdrop of Moscow is building up its military presence in Crimea... READ MORE›

OUTRAGE IN UKRAINE AS 24-YEAR-OLD FORMER GLAMOUR MODEL IS MADE INTERIOR MINISTERS DEPUTY

The rows come as Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine's president, met with officials in Brussels on Thursday to discuss closer trade and economic ties with the European Union... READ MORE›

STORM AS WOMAN, 24, GETS KEY UKRAINE JOB

I am extremely glad that you're one generation younger than me, wrote Denis Kazvan, formerly an interior ministry adviser... READ MORE›

DONBAS GROOVE: PHOTO EXHIBITION WILL TELL EUROPE ABOUT "WAR AND PEACE" IN EASTERN UKRAINE

Donbas Groove will be on display in the Ukrainian Culture and Information Centre in Paris from November, 29th till December, 9th... READ MORE›

INTEL CHIEF: RUSSIA EASED HACKING AFTER US ACCUSED KREMLIN

On Ukraine, Clapper predicted that Russia would sustain its presence in the eastern part of the country... READ MORE›

UKRAINIANS WORRY THEY'RE THE BIG LOSERS IN THE U.S. ELECTION

Trump's friendliness toward Russia doesn't play well in Kiev, but some are looking for a bright side... READ MORE›

RUSSIA QUITS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Russia signed the treaty in 2000, but did not ratify it, according to the Russian Legal Information Agency... READ MORE›

'NOTHING TO DO WITH REALITY': MOSCOW SLAMS UKRAINE-SPONSORED CRIMEA RESOLUTION PASSED BY UN

'Nothing to do with reality' Moscow slams Ukraine-sponsored Crimea resolution passed by UN -- RT News... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT BLASTS LITHUANIA FOR RESUMING CRIMINAL CASE INTO 1991 CLASHES

In mid-October, Lithuanian media reported that the Vilnius Regional Court had summoned former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev as a witness in the case... READ MORE›

MH17 REPORT: PLANE DOWNED BY BUK MISSILE FROM RUSSIA

Last year, a civilian investigation conducted by the Dutch Safety Board concluded that the Boeing aircraft was shot down by a Russian-made Buk missile... READ MORE›

DUTCH INQUIRY LINKS RUSSIA TO 298 DEATHS IN EXPLOSION OF JETLINER OVER UKRAINE

Investigators suggested that a cooperating witness was a rebel soldier who had guarded the missile convoy on its quick return to Russia after the launch... READ MORE›

MH17 MISSILE 'CAME FROM RUSSIA', DUTCH-LED INVESTIGATORS SAY

International prosecutors say Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed over eastern Ukraine in 2014 by a Buk missile that had come from Russia... READ MORE›

RUSSIA'S PUTIN SUSPENDS PLUTONIUM CLEANUP ACCORD WITH U.S. BECAUSE OF 'UNFRIENDLY' ACTS

Washington led a campaign to impose Western economic sanctions on Russia for its role in the Ukraine crisis... READ MORE›

TOP PUTIN AIDE HACKED: PROXY CYBERWAR SUSPECTED

Leaked emails to aide of Russian President Vladimir Putin reveal ties with Ukraine separatists... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN MILITARY USES SYRIA AS PROVING GROUND AND WEST TAKES NOTICE

Has become, in effect, a testing ground for an increasingly confrontational and defiant Russia under Mr. Putin... READ MORE›

PUTIN FACING MULTI-MILLION POUND LEGAL ACTION OVER ALLEGED ROLE IN MH17 CRASH

The evidence at the crash site will not tell you if it was a Ukraine or Russian operator of the Buk launcher... READ MORE›

OBAMA URGES ISRAEL END OCCUPATION AND PALESTINIANS ACCEPT ISRAEL

Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in 2014 after months of protests in Kiev ousted pro-Moscow Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP SAYS VLADIMIR PUTIN IS 'NOT GOING TO GO INTO UKRAINE,' DESPITE CRIMEA

Donald Trump said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin won't make a military move into Ukraine... READ MORE›

MH17 SHOT DOWN BY REBELS WITH MISSILE FROM RUSSIA, SAY INVESTIGATORS

MH17 shot down by rebels with missile from Russia, say investigators... READ MORE›

TRUMP APPEARS CONFUSED ON ISSUE OF RUSSIA IN UKRAINE

He's not going into Ukraine, O.K., just so you understand, Mr. Trump, the Republican nominee, said when the issue came up... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC BATTALIONS STOCKED WITH CHECHENS AID UKRAINE IN WAR WITH REBELS

In Ukraine, the Dzhokhar Dudayev and Sheikh Mansur units are mostly Chechen, but they include Muslims from other former Soviet areas, such as Uzbeks and Balkars... READ MORE›

RUSSIA-MADE MISSILE LIKELY DOWNED JET INQUIRY FINDS

The Kremlin has denied any involvement in arming separatist fighters in eastern Ukraine or the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines flight... READ MORE›

POLAND'S FOREIGN MINISTER PROPOSES FORMING ARMY OUT OF THE SYRIAN MEN ARRIVING IN EUROPE

"If there are hundreds of thousands of young Syrians coming to Europe then we can create an army," said Mr Waszczykowski ..... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN GROUPS CROWDFUND THE WAR IN UKRAINE

Nearly all the fund-raising groups solicit donations through QIWI, a virtual payment company founded in 2004 and later incorporated, like many Russian companies, in Cyprus... READ MORE›

RUSSIA 'ACCIDENTALLY REVEALS' NUMBER OF ITS SOLDIERS KILLED IN EASTERN UKRAINE

Russia accidentally reveals number of its soldiers killed in eastern ukraine... READ MORE›

IN RUSSIAA??S A??FROZEN ZONE,A?? A CREEPING BORDER WITH GEORGIA

Asked in April about South Ossetia's plans to hold a referendum on joining Russia, Mr. Putin suggested that Moscow was mostly a bystander... READ MORE›

Europe 5 September 2014 Last updated at 23 17 Share this page Ukraine and pro-Russia rebels sign ceasefire deal Please turn on JavaScript... READ MORE›

DUTCH PROBE: MISSILE BROUGHT FROM RUSSIA DOWNED MALAYSIA AIRLINES PLANE OVER UKRAINE

Both Russia and the rebels in Ukraine deny any role in the July 2014 attack on Flight 17, which was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur... READ MORE›

RUSSIA 'MOVES WEAPONS SYSTEM INTO UKRAINE WHILE ATTENTION IS ON SYRIA'

Ukraine said it did not possess the Buratino... READ MORE›

PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA BEEFING UP NUCLEAR ARSENAL, NATO DENOUNCES 'SABER-RATTLING'

Putin made his comments a day after Russian officials denounced a U.S... READ MORE›

MANAFORT NAMED IN UKRAINIAN PROBE INTO SECRET CASH

Prior to serving as chairman of the Trump campaign, Manafort previously worked on and off as a political consultant for Yanukovich, before Yanukovich's violent ouster in 2014... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN TOWN NEAR UKRAINE ONCE QUIET NOW BUZZES WITH MILITARY ACTIVITY

A year after the war started in southeastern Ukraine, the Russian military has largely abandoned efforts to disguise its activities along the border with Ukraine... READ MORE›

... AND SOON KIEV STARTS CRACKING DOWN IN EASTERN UKRAINE

But violence continues in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine... READ MORE›

DUTCH INVESTIGATORS SAY BUK MISSILE DOWNED MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT 17

Ukraine says the missile was launched in Snizhne, an area controlled by Russian-backed separatists... READ MORE›

COSSACKS FACE GRIM REPRISALS FROM ONETIME ALLIES IN EASTERN UKRAINE

Under the czars, the Don Cossacks ruled as Russian vassals over the Wild Field, an area encompassing parts of southern Russia and eastern Ukraine... READ MORE›

UKRAINE SAYS TANKS CROSS FROM RUSSIA

'Cancerous tumour' After crossing the border in the rebel-controlled Luhansk region on Thursday, the Russian column headed for the town of Krasny Luch, said Ukraine's military... READ MORE›

ONE YEAR ON, MH17 EVIDENCE AGAINST SEPARATISTS APPEARS OVERWHELMING

A growing body of evidence suggests russian-backed separatists shot down malaysian airlines flight mh17 after mistaking it for a ukrainian military plane... READ MORE›

CLOSE MILITARY ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST A??AT COLD WAR LEVELSA??

Black Sea encounter On 7 September, the Canadian frigate Toronto was buzzed by a Russian aircraft in the Black Sea with the plane coming within 300 metres... READ MORE›

REBELS PUSH TO TAKE DONETSK AIRPORT

Russia seized the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in March and separatists later declared independence in the two eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk... READ MORE›