“I would like to emphasize once again that we were forced to make this decision,” Putin said in a letter to European leaders.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said this would create conditions for dialogue between the Ukrainian authorities and the separatists.
Initial reports about the discovery of an element with atomic number 117 were released in 2010.
In its quarterly call, the company assured shareholders that sanctions against a Russian oil company president won't impede business.
New U.S. and EU sanctions packages, announced with fanfare, were seen as so mild that Russian share prices rose in relief.
The decision brings to 48 the number of people the EU has put under sanctions for, it argues, helping undermine Ukraine's territorial integrity.
Ukraine has been trying to secure alternative supplies to those from Russia's Gazprom since Moscow annexed Crimea last month.
Budapest's 'March of the Living' commemorates the deaths of around half a million Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.
Obama continues to seek unity - and stronger measures - vs. Moscow.
Merkel added that the EU and G-7 nations would consider part two of a potentially three-stage sanction punishment process.
Despite the Geneva agreement that provided a conflict-resolution outline for Ukraine, parties including Russia have started to move troops.
The U.S. said further sanctions are ready to be deployed, while Russia's foreign minister accused the U.S. of "running the show" in Ukraine.
Ukraine has relaunched a security operation to crack down on pro-Russian armed groups, after an Easter pause.
As tension between the West and Russia continues to build, academics and politicians are proposing a fresh idea for the problem's mitigation.
NATO underscored that the deployment is a contingency plan to defend members, not Ukraine, which is not a member.
A U.K. envoy also said there was no doubt that Moscow was behind the destabilization of eastern Ukraine.
In the past, GSK has faced charges of corruption in China and Iraq. In 2012, it paid $3 billion to the FDA after pleading guilty for malpractice.
As part of the settlement, HP also agreed to take on certain reporting and compliance obligations, U.S. regulatory officials said.
The Ukrainian crisis has highlighted the European Union's exposure to natural gas from Russia, which has used it coercively in prior disputes.
Move follows industry-wide investigation into bribes allegedly paid in exchange for government computer contracts.
Chevron has signed an exploration agreement with Polish gas giant PGNiG - this after several companies left over disappointing drilling results.