Crimea

Crimean PM Sergei Aksyonov says the LGBT community isn't welcome in the Russia-annexed peninsula

European Council resolution asks Russia to withdraw all its military assets and forces from Ukraine immediately.

Kiev to ask International Monetary Fund to combine two tranches of bailout to shore up economy.

Vladimir Putin fan Seagal played his music for pro-Kremlin fighters despite government warning.

Video going viral in Russia and Ukraine showing Bart writing 'Putin Huylo' on school chalkboard

The FAA took action in April to prohibit all US airlines from flying over Crimea.

Official estimates show that capital flight could reach $100bn by the end of 2014.

Aksyonov said ban deprives Europe of market.

'Crimea is, was and always will be Ukrainian soil,' asserts Ukraine's new President Petro Poroshenko in his inaugural speech.

Georgia's rebel region of Abkhazia to hold new presidential elections in August after protest that toppled president Alexander Ankvab.

Moscow says it could spend up to $7bn on Crimea in 2014 alone.

Leaders of G7 nations warn Russia of fresh sanctions if Moscow does not help resolve Ukraine crisis

Poland's foreign ministry Radoslaw Sikorski says Moscow will use the two helicopter carriers to threaten its neighbours

Election watchdog says voting will be seriously disrupted in at least half the stations in rebel-controlled Luhansk and Donetsk.

Central bank source said Visa and Mastercard could be exempt from new laws after a Russian banks embargo

European Union could import gas from Cyprus and Israel as alternative to Russian gas.

Russia's major firms want roubles not dollars as Russia's role in Ukraine crisis risks deeper sanctions

European Union slaps sanctions on 13 individuals and two companies after separatist referendum held in eastern Ukraine

Late in the evening of 8 May 1945 Field Marshall Wilhem Keitel signed Germany's ratified surrender terms to Soviet Marshall Zhukov

EU foreign ministers meeting to discuss sanctions against Russia as the Kremlin backs Ukraine referendum.

Russian energy giant says it is taking action after Ukraine's failure to pay for gas deliveries in April

Kiev says at least 30 pro-Russian separatists have been killed in eastern Ukraine in government crackdown.

Ukraine says pro-Russians defending their grip on eastern city of Slavyansk have shot down a helicopter, killing a pilot.

Russian president preparing for a trying month as Ukraine elections loom at end of May

Kiev to seek compensation in European Court of Human Rights over losses incurred over Crimea

Fast food chain's counter sales fall by 1.7% over quarter

Senior Tatar forbidden access as Putin signs decree 'rehabilitating' Muslim minority after Stalin exile

Stockholm coalition government to hike defence spending if re-elected

People's Mayor of Gorlovka in the Donetsk region and two of his aides disappear as pro-Russian protesters defy Geneva agreement.

Europe is better prepared to deal with a disruption to Russian gas supplies than it was last time