US President Barack Obama and his G7 partners are expected next week to discuss the crisis in Ukraine and the possibility of a further coordination in the sanctions imposed on Russia, if they are deemed to

Media coverage since last Thursday’s four way agreement in Geneva to de-escalate tensions between Ukraine, Russia, the US, and EU has been intensely focused on signs of continued unrest in the eastern regions

Andriy Deshchytsya, the acting Foreign Minister of Ukraine, US Secretary of State John Kerry, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton are scheduled

There was never much doubt to what the results would be of the contested referendum in Crimea this weekend over secession from Ukraine and union with the Russian Federation. Nor

In conversations with US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin has shown no signs of backing off of Moscow’s support for a referendum on