Crimea formally applies to join Russia
KIEV: Crimea’s parliament has formally declared independence from Ukraine and asked to join the Russian Federation....
Ukraine crises
Canada threatens to withdraw from G8 summit in Russia
by AFP
OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper threatened Saturday he may join Washington in snubbing June’s G8 summit in Russia over the country’s military incursion into...
Obama and Putin spoke by phone on Ukraine: US official
by AFP
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin discussed the escalating Ukraine crisis by telephone Saturday, a US official said....