Russian President Vladimir Putin has used his new year message to US counterpart Barack Obama to call for co-operation between their countries to respond...
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a prominent critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin, may seek asylum in Britain following the declaration in Moscow that he has been...
Ukrainian prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has said his country will not repay a €2.75bn debt owed to Russia by this weekend.
Mr Yatsenyuk announced at...
Vladimir Putin has claimed Turkey acted contrary to its own interests by downing a Russian warplane.
Speaking at his annual televised news conference, the Russian...
The Ukrainian government says it cannot pay off its $3bn debt to Russia without violating its debt-restructuring deal with other international creditors.
Ukraine is supposed...
A fire has swept through a Russian home for people with mental illnesses, killing 23 patients and injuring another 23, the emergency services said.
The...
