Ukraine's fabulously wealthy business owners are lying low, generally not siding with pro-Euro or pro-Russian factions in the ongoing uprising.
The Tatars, a Turkic people and predominantly Muslim, ruled the Crimean peninsula before the Russian conquest.
For the Kremlin, it's a question of what's worse: a failed state on its doorstep or a going concern that's independent of Moscow.
A Ukrainian video surfaced Thursday that shows Russian troops on the move in the Crimea. But where are they going?
Sergio Millian, the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce president, talks about why Russia's energy ministry wants to partner with the U.S.
Weapon sales, the biggest overseas agriculture deal for Beijing, billions in aid: There's a lot at stake for China in Ukraine's turmoil.
The recovered documents and information are said to add up to 32 gigabytes of data and have been preserved in a safe place.
Trying to discern the Kremlin's next move is almost as hard today as it was for Sovietologists during the Cold War.
After three years of civil war, many Syrians find that mindless cell-phone games provide much-needed distraction.
And you'll never guess where the biggest overvaluation exists, which ran current account deficits of 12 percent to 40 percent of GDP.
However, Russia has called the Ukraine uprising a mutiny and is claiming that its citizens are under threat.
To some, the buildup is a prelude to a Russian takeover of the disputed Crimea region of Ukraine.
UBS analysts warn that Ukraine's economy is a high risk, after weeks of unrest and amid uncertainty regarding political and economic policy.
After the president flees Kiev, the Ukrainian public discovers just how luxuriously he really lived.
A panel of four judges awarded Sotnikova the gold medal ahead of defending South Korean champion Yuna Kim and Italy’s Carolina Kostner, but cries from the crowd and Internet frenzy have once again put international figure skating under scrutiny.
The opposition and the president had signed an EU-mediated deal to stop the bloodshed.
The Maduro government appears to be blocking services that aid protesters and provide the world with an uncensored view of events.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich has made several concessions, but the United States remains ready to impose sanctions.
A veteran U.S. diplomat said the silent treatment from Ukraine is alarming.
The deal ended the bloodiest chapter in Ukraine's post-Cold War history, and averts a dreaded U.S.-Russia confrontation.
Clashes between protesters and government forces spread to five cities over three days, leaving 75 dead and hundreds injured.
Dnipro beat Tottenham 1-0 in the first leg of their Europa League last-32 tie, courtesy of a late penalty from Yevhen Konoplyanka.