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At NATO’s summit Friday, the alliance is expected to formally agree to the deployment of multinational battalions to Baltic states and Poland to counter Russian aggression.

NATO officials are expected to approve the deployment of four battalions to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland as they nervously watch Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent actions.

Russia's budget deficit has swollen as oil prices fell sharply from 2014 and the West imposed sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.

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International credit rating agencies are leaving as Russia sets up its own, breaking from S&P, Moody's and Fitch.

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The European Union’s ban on economic dealings with the Russia-annexed region of Crimea was set to end later this month.

A decision by then-president Viktor Yanukovich to reject an association agreement with the EU sparked protests that brought a pro-Western government to power.

Ahead of the two-day meeting between the alliance’s defense ministers, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg announced the deployment of four battalions in Eastern Europe.

The Foreign Ministry attacked people who said the LGBT victims in Orlando deserved to die, despite Russia's own repressive laws.

The French interior minister has called the violence “unacceptable” and said that the ban will also include public spaces besides match venues and fan zones.

Moments after the final whistle in the Stade Velodrome, masked Russian supporters charged at England fans.

The rate cut comes at a time when the country's economy is now showing signs that the worst is behind it.

Europe’s biggest international soccer tournament, held once every four years, will start Friday with the first match between France and Romania in Paris.

Squeezed by Western sanctions over its role in the Ukraine crisis, the government is trying to rejuvenate domestic industrial production.

Without mentioning Russian aggression, the U.S. and Sweden reached a nonbinding agreement calling for greater military cooperation.

As European Union officials prepare to meet at the end of the month to discuss renewing sanctions against Russia, the bloc’s unity is showing cracks.

Squeezed by Western sanctions over its role in Ukraine, the Russian government is trying to rejuvenate domestic industrial production.

Meanwhile, the NATO Western military alliance is staging major exercises and increasing deployments on its eastern flank.

Donald Trump, who has been complimentary of Vladimir Putin, is apparently the preferred choice of Russians.