Rospotrebnadzor banned deliveries of Ukrainian cheese to the Crimea.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that leading industrial powers, members of the Group of Seven are ready to expand sanctions against Russia.

Russia has complained to the World Trade Organization about the Third Energy Package after exhausting diplomatic means of resolving the tension.

OSCE monitors have been released and handed over to the representatives of the Council of Europe after more than a week spent in Ukraine’s Slavyansk.

Russia is now regarded more as an enemy by NATO, according to the alliance’s senior official.

Ukrainian authorities have decided to launch a lawsuit against Russian energy giant company Gazprom, acting Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk told the press on Monday.

US Vice President Joe Biden called on Russia to refrain from further "provocative behavior" and use its leverage to convince pro-Russian protesters in eastern Ukraine to evacuate the buildings they have seized.

The US is ready to go ahead with the third round of sanctions to demonstrate the ‘costs’ and push for de-escalation, State Department spokesperson Jennifer Psaki told the editor-in-chief of the Echo of Moscow radio station.

Germany expects China to play a bigger role in the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis by influencing Russia.

Mexico seeks cooperation with Russia in space, the head of the national space agency told the Itar-TASS news agency.