UKRAINE

Ukraine's first elected president tells IBTimes in an exclusive interview that he fears the escalating crisis will embroil the Western world in a full-scale war.

The arrest took place without incident, Austria's interior ministry said.

U.S.-Ukraine Business Council President Morgan Williams said sanctions against Russia need to be strong and effective.

The Ukraine crisis has affected many business models: here are 10.

Moldova is nervously watching the fate of Ukraine's autonomous region of Crimea as a sign of Russian encroachment.

What's more, Russia's dependence on crude sales may make it leery of further moves in Ukraine, U.S. officials hope.

Although Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist, Muslims dominate the three southern provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat.

If external financial support falters, the first signs of strain are likely to emerge in the banking sector.

Russia's Crimea intervention has grain traders worried that this may disrupt Ukrainian exports - something India's farmers are keeping an eye on.

Vladimir Putin was unsettled by the fate of Ukraine's president, but his military reaction was a sign of weakness, experts said.

Residents of a village just north of the Crimea say the troops showed up last week and may have planted landmines.

The three-week training exercise on the Russia-Norway border was planned before the Ukraine crisis, NATO says.

Underdeveloped transport and logistics infrastructure may prevent U.S. natural gas from becoming a global natural resource in the near future.

Weakening Chinese economic data from the weekend affected markets on Monday.

Russia has historically used its energy resources as a political tool to exert influence, but now those resources may get in its way.

Earnings statements from more retailers and economic data on jobs, retail sales and sentiment should guide markets this week.

Poland has 48 F-16 fighters but the Baltic states -- Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania -- look to NATO for serious defense capabilities.

The suggestion Obama's projection of weakness is primarily to blame for Putin’s actions in Ukraine is unsubstantiated and historically incorrect.

Russia’s takeover of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula paradoxically is likely to weaken, rather than strengthen, its regional influence.

Ukrainian economic leaders, oligarchs and average citizens debate how to forestall economic ruin.

What's behind the spike in cyberattacks by a sophisticated, Russian-language malware in Ukraine?