An east-west struggle over Ukraine turned nastier as Moscow accused the United States of fomenting a coup and Washington pointed a finger at Russia for leaking a recording of U.S. diplomats discussing how to shape a new government in Kiev.

• Date: 07.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 07.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia signaled on Wednesday that it could toughen demands for gas payments from Ukraine if Kiev fails to fulfill existing agreements, increasing pressure on an ex-Soviet neighbor gripped by an economic and political crisis.

• Date: 06.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 06.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia said its ally Syria would soon ship more chemical weapons abroad for destruction after being accused of dragging its feet, while activists said civilians in Aleppo were fleeing deadly barrel bomb raids by President Bashar al-Assad's air force.

• Date: 05.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 05.02.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia said its ally Syria would soon ship more chemical weapons abroad for destruction after being accused of dragging its feet, while activists said civilians in Aleppo were fleeing deadly barrel bomb raids by President Bashar al-Assad's air force.

• Date: 04.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 04.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Western governments pressed Ukraine's president to compromise with protesters camped on the streets, prompting a war of words with Russia on Saturday and offering treatment to an opposition activist who says he was tortured.

• Date: 03.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 03.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

A city in Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine built on industry and blue collar workers, Zaporizhzhya is not normally a place of revolution.

• Date: 31.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 31.01.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich went on sick leave on Thursday with an acute respiratory ailment, leaving a political vacuum in a country destabilized by anti-government protests.

• Date: 30.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 30.01.2014  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

President Vladimir Putin raised the pressure on Ukraine on Wednesday, saying Russia would wait until it forms a new government before fully implementing a $15 billion bailout deal that Kiev urgently needs.

• Date: 30.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 30.01.2014  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/