Britain joins Syria air war; Putin vows more sanctions on Turkey
Britain joined U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State in Syria on Thursday, but Vladimir Putin issued bitter new denunciations of Turkey for shooting down a Russian plane, demonstrating the limits to international solidarity.
Turkey gets ready for much less Russian LPG transport gas
Turkey wants to cut its reliance on Russian gas used in cars and households, prompted by a growing chill in ties between Ankara and Moscow after the downing of a Russian jet.
Ukrainian mogul Firtash predicts Kiev government will fall next year
Ukrainian billionaire Dmytro Firtash said the Ukrainian government is politically bankrupt and will probably fall early next year, his most outspoken criticism of the pro-Western leadership in Kiev since it came to power almost two years ago.
Russia says it has proof Turkey involved in Islamic State oil trade
Russia's defense ministry said on Wednesday it had proof that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his family were benefiting from the illegal smuggling of oil from Islamic State-held territory in Syria and Iraq.
Putin approves economic retaliation measures against Turkey
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree imposing economic sanctions against Turkey on Saturday, four days after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian-Turkish border.
Putin, citing national security, signs Turkey sanctions decree
President Vladimir Putin signed a decree imposing a raft of punitive economic sanctions against Turkey on Saturday, underlining the depth of the Kremlin's anger toward Ankara four days after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane.
Ukraine leaves sabotaged power lines to Russian-annexed Crimea in mud
Five days after saboteurs blew up power lines in southern Ukraine plunging Russian-annexed Crimea into an energy crisis, all four damaged pylons are out of action and engineers say they need a political decision to restore supplies.
Gazprom's Medvedev to meet EU antitrust chief next month - source
Gazprom's deputy chief executive is expected to meet EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager next month in a meeting that could determine the outcome of the EU's case against the Russian gas giant, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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