The Ukrainians should have their own choices freely without interference from the outside, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
When the giant screen on Ouistreham's Sword Beach beamed images of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama in a split picture, laughter erupted among those attending the D-Day commemorations on Friday.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has demanded that Kiev take urgent measures and release the two journalists from the Russian TV channel Zvezda (the Star), who were detained near Slovyansk in eastern Ukraine Friday.
Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) are ready for settlements in ruble in bilateral trade, a Russian minister said Thursday.
Vice President of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party Masahiko Komura on Tuesday met with a close aide to Russian president, seeking balance between the United States and Russia over current Ukraine crisis, local media reported.
Russia on Wednesday called groundless the extension of the so-called Magnitsky List drawn by the United States, and vowed to retaliate.
The United States sees no indication that Russian troops are pulling back from the Russian border with Ukraine, the White House said Monday.
The United States on Sunday rejected the referendums being held in two regions of eastern Ukraine over their future status, saying it would not recognize the results.
Russia on Thursday vowed to retaliate upon new sanctions from the United States and Canada, but stressed it would not publicize those who were placed on the Russian blacklist.
A spokesman of U.S. Defense Department said on Wednesday that there is no evidence of any Russian troop withdrawals from its shared border with Ukraine, contrary to reports from Russia.
Hundreds of pro-Russian protesters stormed and occupied a regional television station building in Ukraine's eastern city of Donetsk Sunday afternoon, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry voiced outrage Wednesday against Russia's intention to set up border controls at the straits separating Crimea from Ukraine.
The Russian government had set up a commission to manage the social-economic development of the newly adopted republic of Crimea and city of Sevastopol, the Kremlin press service said Monday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday once again warned Russia against further destabilizing Ukraine, but said Moscow was not seeking "military confrontation."
U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday expressed sharply different views on the escalating unrest in eastern Ukraine, both urging the other side to help stop the turmoil.
A Russian fighter jet flew near a U.S. warship in the Black Sea for 12 times on Saturday amid rising tensions in eastern Ukraine, the Pentagon said on Monday.
The situation in southeastern Ukraine is taking a dangerous turn, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
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