Trump insists he is ‘putting pressure’ on Putin after ‘Vladimir STOP!’ exclamation - US president says strikes that killed at ...

Russia’s illegal seizure of Crimea from Ukraine 11 years ago was quick and bloodless. But Kyiv and most of the world never ...

A new U.S. peace plan offered to Russia and Ukraine proposes American recognition of the peninsula, which Moscow seized in ...

A Russian vessel carrying stolen Ukrainian grain under a false flag has been detained in the Black Sea, according to the ...

A former Russian government minister who violated British sanctions by receiving significant financial support from family members has been sentenced to more than three years in prison.

Russia’s seizure and subsequent annexation ... Leaving Crimea, home to the key Black Sea port of Sevastopol, in Moscow’s hands would have serious implications across the continent, experts ...

Dmitrii Ovsiannikov, who was appointed governor of Sevastopol in Russian-annexed Crimea by Putin, became the first person convicted of violating the sanctions put in place after the illegal ...

Dmitrii Ovsiannikov, who was appointed governor of Sevastopol in Crimea by Russian President Vladimir Putin, became the first person convicted of violating the sanctions put in place after the ...

The trial heard that in a “high-profile political appointment”, Mr Putin appointed Ovsiannikov as the governor of Sevastopol in Crimea on July 28 2016, two years after Russia illegally annexed ...

He was then re-elected governor of Sevastopol in a ballot organised by Russia in September 2017. On November 21 2017, the EU made Ovsiannikov a designated person under its sanctions legislation ...