President Vladimir Putin (left) and Ukrainian (then) President-Elect Petr Poroshenko during the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the Allied landing in Normandy, June 6, 2014. RIA Novosti. Download podcast ...

Many analysts argue that the free trade agreement, signed between Ukraine and the European Union on Friday, marks a shift for Ukraine, turning its back on Moscow and looking westward. But that's a change that may come at a cost, with Russia Kiev's main ...

Ministerial consultations between Moscow, Brussels, and Kiev concerning the signature of an association agreement between the European Union and Ukraine will take place on July 11. "The European Commission has proposed holding further contacts at ...

Ukrainian military and border guards have completed the operation of blocking the country's eastern borders, according to Verkhovna Rada Speaker Alexander Turchynov. "According to reports from the leadership of the Defense Ministry, with whom I've ...

A spokesman for the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Miroslav Rudenko, has rejected a proposal by Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko for self-defense fighters in the east of the country to surrender arms. "Poroshenko's proposal to surrender arms is ...

Controlling your dreams - this may come true, as scientists on Sunday said they have found the way to modify sleep so that an individual has "lucid dreams," a particularly powerful form of dreaming considered by many psychologists to be an intermediate ...

All Ukrainian regions must be involved in respectful dialogue in order to find an equitable compromise to resolve the ongoing political crisis in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday. "We are monitoring the situation while trying to determine ...

Tungurahua, a 5,023-meter volcano located in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes of central Ecuador, erupted on Friday, spewing a huge column of molten rock and ash that surged six miles above the volcano's crater following two strong explosions.

Crimean Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov on Friday thanked the people of Crimea and all Russians for their support in the past few weeks. "We have achieved it ourselves. I would like to thank you for backing us up in the most difficult moment," Aksyonov said ...

Crimea's accession to the Russian Federation is not subject to revision. That's according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Speaking to his US counterpart John Kerry on Thursday, Mr.Lavrov reiterated that Crimea's decision to reunite with Russia ...

The plane of United Nation's Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has touched down in Moscow, his spokesperson said a few moments ago. The UN chief is due to meet Thursday with Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, a tweet ...

The Crimean authorities do not consider the possibility of proclaiming independence of the republic according to "the Abkhazian version". They believe that the process of joining the Russian Federation will take about a year, Prime Minister of Crimea, Sergei ...

The new Ukrainian government is carrying out talks on signing an EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, the country's ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Sunday. Earlier, the Russian leadership warned about risks for the Russian and Ukrainian ...