Russia has imposed sanctions against a number of Canadian officials, lawmakers and public figures in response to Ottawa's bans on Russian authorities over Crimea. This step comes in response to unacceptable actions by the Canadian side which seriously hurt bilateral relations, said Aleksandr Lukashevich, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokesman....

[caption id="attachment_89760" align="alignright" width="180"] A woman with her face painted in the colours of the Russian national flag waits for the announcement of preliminary results of today's referendum on Lenin Square in the Crimean capital of Simferopol March 16, 2014 (Reuters / Thomas Peter)[/caption] The referendum in Crimea was fully consistent ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday that Crimea's vote to secede from Ukraine and join Russia "would never be recognized" by the United States, as he and other top U.S. officials warned Moscow against making further military moves toward southern and eastern Ukraine. The two leaders spoke after ...