RUSSIA CAN 'TALK TO TRUMP ABOUT GETTING SANCTIONS EASED'

The arrival of Donald Trump to the White House opens the door to sanctions against Russia being eased, it's been claimed... READ MORE›

CRIMEANS INVITE MARINE LE PEN TO VISIT PENINSULA

More and more rational and realistic politicians back the solution in which Crimea is recognized as an inseparable part of the Russian Federation, he said... READ MORE›

EXPLORING VLADIVOSTOK'S ABANDONED MARITIME FORTRESS

Underneath the hills of the Russian city of Vladivostok are the remnants of what used to be one of the world's most powerful maritime fortresses... READ MORE›

UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR GLOBAL RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN THREAT

Kiev this month filed a lawsuit at the United Nations' highest court demanding that Russia halt support for pro-Moscow separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine.... READ MORE›

UKRAINE FILES CASE AGAINST RUSSIA AT UN'S TOP COURT

Russia has repeatedly denied sending troops or military equipment to eastern Ukraine... READ MORE›

DECLARE RUSSIA RESPONSIBLE FOR MH17 SHOOT-DOWN, UKRAINE ASKS COURT

This week Ukraine began proceedings at the ICJ accusing Russia of financing acts of terrorism within Ukraine, in violation of treaties that both countries have signed... READ MORE›

FACING TRUMP-PUTIN AXIS, UKRAINE TURNS TO A WHITE KNIGHT -- CHRYSTIA FREELAND

She is the proud descendant of Ukrainians and a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin's wars in Ukraine and his annexation of Crimea in 2014... READ MORE›

BIDEN SAYS RUSSIAN SANCTIONS SHOULD STAY AFTER TRUMP TAKES OVER

Trump has hinted at closer ties with Russia, which the U.S. sanctioned over its annexation of Crimea and involvement in the war in Ukraine... READ MORE›

POLISH LEADERS HAIL ARRIVAL OF U.S. TROOPS

We waited for decades' Polish leaders hail arrival of U.S. troops... READ MORE›

MONUMENT TO POLISH WWII MASSACRE VICTIMS DESECRATED WITH FASCIST SYMBOLS IN UKRAINE (VIDEO)

According to the document, massacres of more than 100,000 citizens, mostly peasants, were committed by OUN-UPA Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists - Ukrainian Insurgent Army in 1943-1945... READ MORE›

RUSSIA ENGINEERED ELECTION HACKS AND MEDDLING IN EUROPE

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she could not rule out Russian interference in Germany's 2017 federal election through Internet attacks and disinformation campaigns... READ MORE›

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›

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›

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›

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›

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 '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›

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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›