RUSSIA

The original deployment was rescheduled for fears it would affect a fragile ceasefire agreement.

Russia launched massive military drills in February along its borders with the Baltic states.

The ruble has lost nearly half its value since mid-March last year, when Russia was subjected to Western sanctions.

The Associated Press reported that Iran and the U.S. are close to zeroing in on a draft nuclear deal. However, the claim was refuted by both countries.

Strains have been growing within the 28-country bloc over sanctions which some member governments have only supported reluctantly.

The government in Kiev can't provide all the army needs to fight rebels, so civilians are stepping in.

American F-16s are now flying in the NATO country closest to the fight in Ukraine.

The list reportedly includes the names of more than 60 people from the United States.

An undercover tiger-breeding ring was uncovered after a cub jumped to its death from the top of a high-rise building in China.

NATO scrambled jets from the Baltic Air Policing mission to intercept several Russian warplanes.

The two sides will reportedly discuss their energy partnership, which has stalled amid U.S. sanctions against Moscow.

A state-run poll of 1,600 Russians found 89 percent said Russia should not return Crimea to Ukraine in exchange for an end to economic sanctions.

The Ukrainian parliament had earlier approved a law that gave Donetsk and Luhansk a special status of “temporarily occupied."

Worried about a Crimea-like annexation, the Baltic country plans to spend $15.9 million to secure its eastern border.

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Residents of the peninsula have seen a marked increase in the cost of living, along with booming property and rent prices.

Iranian officials say the majority of technical issues have been resolved, a change from Western diplomats' expectations of a long debate earlier today.

The foreign minister's comments came as the Ukrainian government was reporting more attacks by pro-Russian rebels.

Delegates from Tehran were more optimistic than Western counterparts about negotiations aimed at limiting Iran's uranium use.

"Crimea is a region of the Russian Federation and of course the subject of our regions is not up for discussion,” a Kremlin spokesman said.

Russia's Soyuz spacecrafts are currently the only means of transport for astronauts to and from the International Space Station.