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.
The occupation of Crimea has left most of the former Soviet republics in Cold War mode.
Leaders of the G7 economies have told Russia to stop its work on a referendum in Ukraine’s Crimea region or face action.
Pro-Russia troops have used gunfire in seizing a Ukraine military base, while Nato has declared early-warning flights around the east.
A senior Russian official appealed to the West after a far-right leader said he planned to run for president in Ukraine.
The external struggle to dominate Ukraine has put fascists in power and brought the country to the brink of conflict.
EU leaders have frozen assets belonging to deposed Ukraine leaders, and have warned Russia of sanctions if they do not pull troops out of Crimea.
Neo-Nazis are in office for the first time in post-war Europe – but they are backed by the US and the West.
If the situation in Ukraine has not been addressed appropriately, EU leaders say the organisation might place resctrictions on Russia.
President Vladimir Putin says Russia has reserved the right to use all options in Ukraine, but that Moscow would use force only as a last resort.