VLADIMIR PUTIN

Borrowing costs in Russia reached a two-month high Monday.

State-run television stations offer an interpretation of the MH17 disaster absolving Putin of responsibility; Russians seem to be buying it.

In comparison, American billionaires have gained more than $56 billion this year.

France's $1.6 billion warship deal with Russia is safe for now, but a third round of sanctions over Ukraine could put a hold on the sale.

Four days after MH17 was shot down in Ukraine, President Obama spoke harshly of Russia and President Vladimir Putin's role in the crisis.

Vladimir Putin has no soul, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden concluded after meeting with the Russian leader at the Kremlin in 2011, according to an article in the New Yorker published online on Monday.

Flight MH17 is said to have been downed by a surface-to-air missile Thursday, killing all 298 people aboard the Boeing aircraft.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Monday, reportedly denied claims of any tampering at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.

The first international investigators reached rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine on Monday.

It was unclear whether Russia would block the resolution.

Before the MH17 crash, a flight over Crimea as Russians and Ukrainians fought a war turned into a recreation of the old days of the Soviet Union.

The Security Council might also call on states in the region to cooperate with an international investigation.

"If President Putin does not change his approach on Ukraine, then Europe and the West must fundamentally change our approach to Russia."

Pro-Russia separatists are controlling access to the Malaysia Airlines crash site.

The changes have been made by an Internet user within VGTRK, a Russian state-run TV and radio network.

Now that we know a missile brought down MH17, we can ask how difficult it is to shoot a jetliner out of the sky at 33,000 feet.

Despite accusations of complicity in the disaster, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Malaysia's prime minister.

Two-thirds of the passengers on MH17 were Dutch citizens. The crash was the worst air disaster for the country since 1977.

President Barack Obama said MH17 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile in an area controlled by pro-Russian separatists.

Russia has said it is willing to cooperate in the investigation, but only if the blaming from Ukraine stops.

Russia also claimed that the jetliner was being guided by Ukrainian air-traffic controllers.