The Western alliance at last has an enemy that seems to fit its bill – Nato is ready to defend Europe from ‘Russian aggression’.
The Ukraine crisis is the most serious threat to Euro-Atlantic security since the Cold War, according to Nato head Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Francois Hollande has condemned Russia’s military presence in Ukraine, while Russia has assured Europe it will keep winter gas supply commitments.
As aid trucks are let in to Ukraine from Russia, problems stir in Parliament with the economy minister resigning, and a likely dissolution looming.
The decision to ban most food imports from the West shows that President Vladimir Putin has no intention of bowing to Western pressure over Ukraine.
Sex experiments involving lizards are continuing as planned after communications with Russia’s Photon-M satellite were re-established.
Ukrainian territory separatist leader Aleksander Borodai has given the black boxes of the plane that downed in the area to Malaysian authorities.
Ukraine’s government said it had evidence that the missile battery that brought down a Malaysian airliner was manned by three Russian citizens.
Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin on Thursday discussed a downed passenger plane during a phone call prompted by a new round of US sanctions.
Investors are beginning to favour the Eastern European country over South Africa as strike in mining and metals overshadow the seizure of Crimea.
Tuesday night’s Fifa World Cup matches produced more drama after Mexico held Brazil to a 0-all draw, and South Korea keeping Russia at 1-1.
Europe could face gas supply disruptions after Ukraine failed to broker an 11th-hour deal with Russia.
Russian investors are stepping up their presence in Zimbabwe, competing against China for a share of the country’s rich resources.
The US can go it alone, but Europe is divided in its response to Moscow’s assault on Ukraine.
New sanctions will be imposed on Russia as punishment for failing to adhere to an international deal aimed at stabilising the crisis in Ukraine.
The price of the metal has risen due to speculation that unrest in Ukraine will disrupt nickel supplies from Russia.
Ukraine’s president has threatened military action after pro-Russian separatists occupying government buildings ignored an ultimatum to leave.
Oleksander Turchinov says Ukraine authorities will launch an "anti-terrorist" operation with the army against pro-Russian separatists.
Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Front, blamed the EU for declaring a new Cold War on Russia that would hurt all concerned.
Russia threatened several states with retaliation if they voted in favour of a resolution declaring Crimea’s secession vote from the Ukraine invalid.
The West’s insensitive handling of issues in the Ukraine created Russian President Vladimir Putin’s version of the Cuban missile crisis.
Major industrialised nations have warned Moscow of tougher economic sanctions if it goes beyond the seizure of Crimea.
The gold price recovered from a four-week low as G7 leaders threatened further sanctions against Russia over its annexing of Crimea.
The 23rd novel by the Irish writer John Banville feels like the literary equivalent of Winston Churchill’s description of Russia.
Putin has made it clear that the country will no longer cave to the wishes of the US and its allies.
The US and its G7 allies will gather next week at the Hague to consider a further response to Russia’s attempt to absorb Ukraine’s Crimea region.
A decree signed by President Vladimir Putin is one of the steps which would formalise the annexation of Crimea, which was part of Russia until 1954.
The US and EU have imposed sanctions, including asset freezes and travel bans, on a small group of officials from Russia and Ukraine.
Russia’s government has acknowledged for the first time that its economy faces major troubles.
A referendum result shows that 96.77% of voters in Ukraine’s Crimea region have voted to join Russia, according to a government commission.
SA will release last month’s inflation figures, while economists keep tabs on Ukraine since Sunday’s vote by Crimeans to join the Russian Federation.
Ukrainian authorities accused Russia of provoking a fatal gunfight in the eastern city of Kharkiv overnight.