The comments come a day after Ukrainian government troops and the separatists started a disengagement process in the town of Zolote in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk
Michael Calvey and several other executives and employees of the Russia-based private-equity group Baring Vostok were detained in Moscow in February and charged with financial fraud
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who rose to the presidency earlier this year on promises to end the conflict in Ukraine's east, accepted the withdrawal plan under the so-called Steinmeier Formula, earlier in October
Court rules on Monday that Aleksei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation financially damaged business interests of Moscow Pupil, a food supplier to schools in the nation's capital
The 30-year-old journalist, who wrote under the pen name Stanislav Vasin, disappeared in Ukraine's Donetsk region on June 2, 2017, and has been held in detention since by the separatists
A decision by New Delhi in August to revoke the special constitutional status of India-controlled Kashmir and impose a security lockdown sparked new tensions between the South Asian rivals
US State Department spokesman says diplomats had been on an official trip and that they had notified Russian authorities in advance of their travel plans
Roland Marchal was arrested in June, at the same time as Fariba Adelkhah, a dual French and Iranian citizen, France's Foreign Ministry said on October 16
The Russian opposition leader quickly rejected the ministry's announcement, saying Russian authorities fear his foundation (FBK) because of the evidence of corruption it digs up on them
The St. Petersburg-based organization was also mentioned repeatedly by US Special Counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election
Iran has been blamed for an attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities
Pavel Ustinov and his lawyer had asked the court to fully acquit the actor, saying his previous conviction for assaulting a law enforcement officer during a rally in August was unjust
The rally was the first major effort by liberal political groups and allied parties since elections earlier in the month that ended up being a catalyst for the biggest wave of sustained anti-government rallies in nearly a decade
While the impeachment debate has been plastered across the front pages of every newspaper and led every evening news program in the United States for days, in Ukraine there has been little coverage of it
Earlier this month, US media reports said a CIA informant in the Russian government had been extracted and brought to the United States in 2017
FIFA president's comments follow soccer's world governing body delegation visit to Iran over conservative Shi'ite leadership's longtime ban on women at major men's sporting events
An ICRC spokesman said the organization's operations had resumed across the country
After accusing Moscow of violating the INF treaty for years, Washington officially withdrew last month from the pact banning ground-launched cruise and ballistic missiles with a range between 500 and 5,500 kilometers
Volodymyr Tsemakh reportedly oversaw an air-defense unit among Russia-backed separatists in a town near where the jet came down.
Relations between Russia and the US have been severely strained over a variety of issues, including Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine
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