UKRAINE

“I would like to emphasize once again that we were forced to make this decision,” Putin said in a letter to European leaders.

Russia is threatening to shut down GPS stations within its borders, but experts say the move will have little effect on the U.S. military.

Ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko is fading fast before the May 25 election.

Tesla founder Elon Musk's space company is looking to replace Russian rockets for U.S. launches.

When President Putin visits Beijing next week, China and Russia are expected to cement their energy alliance with a new deal.

Ukraine is set to host roundtable talks with Moscow on Wednesday set to resolve the ongoing crisis in eastern parts of the country.

Russia says U.S. participation is not necessary for the continued operation of the space station.

Hunter Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, will join the top private gas producer in Ukraine.

Hunter Biden's business partner Devon Archer, who has ties to John Kerry, has reportedly been appointed to the company's board.

"This is really the make or break moment.”

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have asked Russia to “absorb” the Donetsk region into its territory.

An 89% plebiscite for autonomy has people in the self-styled "Donetsk People's Republic" worried that it's a prelude to war.

Biogen Idec and TripAdvisor Inc were among the strongest advancers of the day.

This is the first time enterprises have been included in the sanctions list, which now has a total of 61 people on it.

The Ukrainian government has declared the referendum votes held by Pro-Russian separatists in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions on Sunday illegal.

Pro-Russian protesters said that nearly 90 percent of locals had opted to declare Luhansk and Donetsk as independent states.

The Montreux Convention lets Russia export anything from the Black Sea, weapons included, and would keep the U.S. Navy out in a war.

While Chinese indexes rose on President Xi Jinping's comments, Indian stocks rallied on the last day of the country's mammoth election.

Russia's Gazprom meets more than half of Ukraine's gas demands while supplying nearly a third of Europe's gas.

Sunday's vote went ahead despite a call by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to postpone it.

Donetsk's election commission announced the unofficial results of the referendum, which turned chaotic and violent.