UKRAINE

The strategic Black Sea port city gets ready for war, but the damage to its economy has already been done.

With the Russian economy facing recession, Vladimir Putin must choose where to spend the country's slashed budget.

The Russian president snubbed the leaders of Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic states, all who were vocal critics in 2014.

Wreckage from the missing plane was first spotted in the Java Sea by Indonesian investigators on Tuesday.

Pakistan was the most dangerous country for the media, with 14 journalists killed, followed by Syria with 12.

Earlier this month, Ukrainian authorities reported an accident at the plant but said it represented no danger to health or the environment.

The tanks will either stay in Germany or be deployed to the Baltics where increased Russian military activity has unnerved NATO states.

Supporters of opposition leader Alexey Navalny organized protests around Russia Tuesday. Police were expected to respond with force.

Overnight rates have grown to 18 percent, indicating that financial institutions are anxious about even lending to each other.

Based on the precedent set by previous airline disasters, experts are likely set to begin a long process of identifying the remains.

An article in AirAsia's in-flight magazine has come under renewed scrutiny as authorities still search for any sign of missing flight QZ8501.

Allianz is believed to be also facing insurance liabilities of nearly $200 million for the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flights MH370 and MH17.

The November contraction is the biggest sign to date of the impact Western sanctions and a slump in oil prices are having on Russia's economy.

Parliament is under pressure to approve a budget to get the next tranche of financial aid under a $17 billion IMF loan package.

Russia's newly updated military doctrine lists NATO and the U.S. as major military threats and outlines the use of nuclear weapons.

Ukraine will get 125 of its soldiers back, while the separatists will take home 225 of their fellow fighters.

Representatives of all sides held talks Wednesday and had been expected to meet again Friday to discuss key issues in the conflict.

Russia's ruble rose on Friday to its strongest levels in more than three weeks in a sharp rebound from its recent all-time lows.

The ruble plunged to all-time lows last week on heavy falls in the price of oil and Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.

As peace talks commence: Russia plans more military in Belarus, and Ukraine briefly cuts power to Crimea.

A Kremlin official warns of harm that will be "practically impossible to repair."