Ukraine crisis

Best photos of the day: 3 June 2014.

Political turmoil in the Ukraine and in Libya support crude oil prices.

Ukraine's prime minister said payment was made at rate of $268 per 1,0000 cubic metres

Separatist leaders admit their ragtag army has many foreigners, including some from Chechnya.

Best photos of the day: 30 May 2014.

Russia threatened to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine if it does not make a pre-payment for June gas deliveries

Pro-Russian separatists shoot down military helicopter after offloading soldiers at military base.

Vyacheslav Ponomarev says his troops are holding four international monitors kidnapped in Donetsk.

Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe said that it lost contact with one of its international teams in Ukraine.

'This is not royal behaviour,' declares Russian premier Vladimir Putin.

Russia to action Putin's order for troops to retreat 'within a few days', according to Deputy Defence Minister.

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

French corporate chiefs will make up the biggest delegation of business leaders at the St Petersburg event.

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Ukrainian security forces killed in clashes with separatists ahead of election.

Estonian military chief warns that Nato must re-align its capabilities after Iraq and Afghanistan.

European energy firms don't expect gas supplies to suffer from Ukraine crisis.

Finland scrambles jets after two Russian aircraft entered airspace, says Finnish Defence Ministry.

US Treasury said sanctions not related to Ukraine crisis.

EU Energy Commissioner says two rounds of talks will take place next week

Russian President pulls back Russian troops conducting military exercises near shared border with Ukraine

Best photos of the day: 19 May 2014.

Brent and US futures rise 2% for the week as a whole.

Prices up 0.3% for the week as raft of upbeat US data caps gains.

Ukraine offered to pay $4bn to Gazprom if it reduces the price it is demanding from Kiev for gas supplies

Footage emerges of UN Mil Mi-24 helicopter deployed by Ukrainian forces near Kramatorsk city in the Donetsk region.

Russian economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev says GDP likely to shrink for second straight quarter

Best photos of the day: 13 May 2014.

Russian energy giant says Kiev owes $3.5bn and must pay up before June to keep the gas flowing to the country.

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