Russia hosts its premier investment forum in Saint Petersburg. The event includes prominent figures from the United States and Germany. Thi...

Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has rejected Russia's demand for a referendum on joining the European Union. Pashinyan stated that...

Russia has reiterated its firm stance on ending the Ukraine war. Moscow insists Ukraine must withdraw its forces from the Donbas region for...

India has firmly rejected allegations of espionage made by Canada. The Ministry of External Affairs stated that such concerns should be add...

A total of 143 members voted in favour of the resolution while five voted against it. As many as 35 abstained from the resolution, includin...

UKRAINE-CRISIS-BRITAIN-UK sanctions Russians linked to "sham" referendums in Ukraine

Putin's escalating rhetoric and politically risky decision to call up as many as 300,000 army reservists comes after Russians were hastily ...

The votes are being held in the Luhansk, partly Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions. In Kherson, which is almost fully cont...

In the apparently coordinated move, pro-Russian figures announced referendums for Sept. 23-27 in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia...

After nearly seven months of war, including a critical battlefield defeat in northeastern Ukraine, Putin is pondering his next steps in a c...

After Russian forces withdrew from occupied areas around Kyiv in early April, they left behind scenes of horror and traumatized communities...

The Russian-controlled Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine could hold a referendum soon on joining Russia, its local leader was quoted as say...

"I think that in the near future a referendum will be held on the territory of the republic," Pasechnik said. "The people will exercise the...

Moscow has received no formal request from separatists in Donetsk to bring it into Russia, says a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman.

Australia slapped financial sanctions and travel bans on a dozen Russian and Ukrainian officials who had been instrumental in Crimea's anne...

The EU condemned the referendum in Crimea as "illegal and illegitimate", saying it will not recognise the outcome.

US President Barack Obama has vehemently rejected the Russian bid for a "slapdash" referendum in Ukraine's Crimea region to merge it with R...