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With Western officials hinting that economic sanctions against Russia could be lifted, Eastern European states are working to increase their military defenses.

The country is undergoing political turmoil after $1 billion disappeared from three banks and former Prime Minister Vlad Filat was implicated in the case.

The fast-food giant has gained a foothold in the sanctioned country, which is facing an economic crisis.

Declining oil prices and Western sanctions have helped create the deepest economic crisis in Russia since 2009 — and it's hitting poor people hardest.

The Kremlin is eyeing the possibility of oil hedging and a social security program cut as the economy continues to be battered.

Is the Russian president loved or feared by the country's people? It's hard to tell from survey data.

A big corruption scandal plus secret political moves drove protesters to the streets in Moldova as the Kremlin watched.

Cybercrime operations are increasingly being run like professional businesses — but don't expect to see any IPOs.

The announcement comes just days after Gazprom sent a $2.5 billion bill to Ukraine’s state-owned Naftogaz as penalty for failing to buy the contracted amount of gas.

Eastern Europe has seen an increase in military drills by NATO since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.

Andrei Lugovoi reportedly told a Russian network that he suspected he had also been exposed to radioactive material.

Marina Litvinenko, widow of a former Russian spy, might not get the answers she seeks from the British government about her husband's death.

Russians are consuming less alcohol, with prices of imported favorites like whiskey likely to increase.

Despite widespread media coverage hackers continue to try and gain access to the companies in charge of Ukraine’s power grid.

The Russian currency broke the 80-to-the-greenback level Wednesday and tumbled to more than 85 Thursday.

The murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko shows a much larger pattern of intimidation and deaths under President Vladimir Putin.

The decision Wednesday comes just after French and German diplomats met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in an effort to end the conflict.

Further oil declines caused the ruble to hit 80 against the U.S. dollar Wednesday, its weakest point since the 1998 financial crisis.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the alliance of encroaching on the Kremlin’s sphere of influence.

The International Monetary Fund has predicted Russia’s economy will contract by 1 percent in 2016.

Just five years after ditching mandatory military service, Sweden is considering bringing it back to reverse a shortfall in defense numbers and skills.