Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Turkey's downing of the Russian Su-24 warplane is a hostile action and reaffirmed Russia's support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a decree to suspend Russia's free trade deal with Ukraine from Jan. 1, 2016, the same day when Kiev's free trade regime with the European Union (EU) becomes effective.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Tuesday urged Russia to cooperate in the criminal investigation into the MH17 crash.
Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said the country is ready to take part in the following investigation into the tragedy of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, which crashed in Ukraine's conflict-torn Donbass region in July 2014.
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK surface-to-air missile from eastern Ukraine, the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) said in an investigation report published Tuesday.
Some 2,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed since the outbreak of the conflict in the eastern parts of Ukraine nearly a year and a half ago, a government military official said here Monday.
Several parts from a possible Buk surface-to-air missile system have been found in the disaster area of the MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine, the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) and the Dutch national public prosecutor announced in a joint press release Tuesday.
The president of the UN Security Council said on Thursday Malaysia intends to introduce a draft resolution, touching off an anticipated "months" of debate, on the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, which killed all 298 people on board.
Russia will adopt responsive measures to retaliate against the decision of the European Union (EU) to extend sanctions against Moscow till January, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Monday.
Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, who is Kiev's representative at the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine crisis, announced Wednesday that the next round of peace talks in Minsk will be held this month.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said that the West would impose more sanctions on Russia if the latter does not fully implement the Minsk agreements, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.
Moscow is "deeply concerned" about the recent situation in eastern Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow was determined to develop friendly relationship with all countries, "both in the West and the East."
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday demanded the timely repayment of all debts owed to it by Ukraine while criticized latter's move to impose moratorium on state debt repayment.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday reiterated Moscow's willingness to have win-win cooperation with the West.
Russia hopes the United States can dissuade Kiev from launching fresh offensives against pro-independence insurgents in eastern Ukraine's Donbass region, a top Russian diplomat said Tuesday.
Relations between Moscow and Washington have a potential for improvement, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Monday.
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