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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.

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 emergence of the Syria and Iraq-based terror group, along with Russian aggression in Eastern Europe, are what saved the U.S. Air Force's storied A-10 aircraft.

Politicians and business leaders have been talking up opportunities for Russian companies in Iran after international sanctions were lifted.

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

An inquiry concluded that Russia’s security services, with the probable knowledge of President Vladimir Putin, masterminded the 2006 killing of Alexander Litvinenko.

Viktor Vekselberg, one of Russia’s most connected industrialists, will reportedly invest in Nick Denton’s troubled gossip website.

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.

Guinea, one of the African nations where the most recent outbreak of Ebola took place, has asked Russia for help in dispensing the vaccine.

Ukraine has plans to expand its list of banned Russian goods while the Kremlin is preparing for a legal challenge against Kiev.

Indonesia and China are among other countries interested in the Su-35 fighter jet.

Crimea still doesn't have the energy supplies it needs as officials warn of more rolling blackouts.

With experts linking a cyberattack in Ukraine to a hacker group in Russia, questions over the Kremlin's involvement remain.

Security experts have determined the recent electricity blackout in Ukraine was a cyberattack, raising questions about how world governments should respond.

A new national-security assessment is a sign of how relations between Russia and the West have worsened in recent years.

The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany agreed to extend a peace deal into 2016 in the hopes of ending the conflict in Eastern Ukraine.

Since Russia became militarily involved in the Syrian war in September, it’s estimated that its annual costs will total about $1-2 billion.

ISIS likely is able to make fake Syrian passports, and security officials say it's difficult to pick them out.

A Russian court issued an arrest warrant in absentia for Kremlin critic and former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

The announcement comes as Iran prepares to see sanctions lifted — and the two countries move to improve their trade relations.