(VOVworld) – The European Union's envoys on Tuesday agreed to extend economic sanctions against Russia by 6 months due to Russia’s alleged involvement in the conflict in Ukraine
(VOVworld)- The 20th International Economic Forum (SPIEF) with the theme “Capitalising on the New Global Economic Reality” took place in Saint Petersburg over the last three days
(VOVworld) – On Wednesday, Andrei Kelin, a senior Russian Foreign Ministry official, warned NATO not to build up its naval forces in the Black Sea because such a move would undermine...
(VOVworld) - Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk announced Wednesday that Ukraine plans to ban imports of Russian oil products. The announcement is the latest move in an ongoing trade war between the...
(VOVworld) – EU countries are trying to improve their relations with Russia which have been damaged by the Ukraine crisis. Their attitude is reflected in the 5 principles of relations with...
(VOVworld) - The European Union will extend sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian individuals over the conflict in Ukraine for a further six months
(VOVworld) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chaired the annual press conference recapping Russia’s external achievements in 2015 and its future policy. Lavrov mentioned a possible reset of the Russian...
(VOVworld) - Ukraine has restored electricity to the Crimean peninsula. All electricity from mainland Ukraine to Crimea was cut off following protests against Russia’s Crimea annexation
(VOVworld) – Kiev said last month it will ban direct flights by Russian airlines, including flagship carrier Aeroflot
(VOVworld) - European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has called on the West to treat Russia properly and address it as an equal
(VOVworld) - The White House on Thursday left open the possibility of “tactical, practical discussions” with Russia, provided they focused on countering the terror group known as Islamic State
(VOVworld) - The European Union (EU) will extend sanctions on Russian and Ukrainian individuals and legal entities related to the conflict in eastern Ukraine and Moscow's annexation of Ukraine's...
(VOVworld) - The Russian Foreign Ministry demanded on Monday that Britain immediately clarify why the London bank account of Russia's main state news agency Rossiya Segodnya has been frozen
(VOVworld) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia’s economy hasn’t fallen into deep crisis despite Western sanctions and restrictions to access international capital market, and a decline of...
(VOVworld)- Ukraine’s crisis has become tense with recent accusations of violation of truce. Confrontations between Russia and the EU have worsened the crisis
(VOVworld) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday dismissed the “absurdity” of EU complaints over a travel ban imposed by Moscow on 89 Europeans over the Ukraine crisis. Lavrov...
(VOVworld) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed John McCain, a US senator who has pressed Washington to send lethal weapons to war-torn Ukraine, as his advisor
(VOVworld) - Norway has taken over from Italy in leading NATO’s Baltic Air Policing Mission over Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. Other NATO nations on the mission include Britain, as well as...
(VOVworld) – Russia has celebrated its 1st anniversary of Crimea annexation
(VOVworld)- Opened on Thursday in Brussels, the EU Summit focused on ways to deal with the escalation of tension in Ukraine, the extension of sanctions against Russia and military aid to...