Poland's parliamentary speaker, Radoslaw Sikorski, has been quoted as saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to Poland's then leader in 2008 that they divide Ukraine between themselves.
Miss Ostland 2014, a beauty contest hosted by a pro-Hitler group on VKontakte, was suspended Sunday.
Russia cut off gas supply to Ukraine in mid-June following more than two years of dispute on the price.
European leaders, at a EU-Asia summit, urged Russia to do more to end constant, deadly violations of a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that he met Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Asia-Europe summit on Thursday in Milan.
The demonstration was another of the activist group's trademark topless protests.
Merkel asked European Union leaders to consider the nervousness in financial markets about signs of a global slowdown.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he will have the "toughest conversation of all" with Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit.
According to reports, Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to withdraw to their permanent bases after exercises near the border with Ukraine.
17-year-old child education activist Malala Yousafzai became the youngest ever winner of the prize.
A proposed new law will allow foreign assets in Russia to be seized and sold, to compensate those targeted by US and EU sanctions.
President Obama has received regular updates regarding the data breach that affected nearly 80 million households.
Russian government websites must do more to protect themselves from cyber-attacks, President Vladimir Putin said.
Sanctions and low oil prices threaten to bring the already slow Russian economy to a point of stagnation.
Parliamentarians and film directors are calling for a boycott of U.S. movies, as relations sour over the crisis in Ukraine.
"Russian aggression in Europe recalls the days when large nations trampled small ones in pursuit of territorial ambition,” Obama said
Russian President Putin and his security council are scheduled to discuss Russian Internet isolation soon.
At least 50 people were killed in the airstrikes, which targeted various militant groups across Syria, including ISIS and the Nusra Front.
Last Tuesday, Kiev passed a law offering special status to regions controlled by pro-Russia rebels, in an effort to end the months-long violence.
Two countries with the rockiest relationships are considering collaborating with the international community to fight the Islamic State group.
Russia is denying reports that Exxon is pulling out of a massive drilling operation there in the face of sanctions.
Journalists were investigating reports that Russian soldiers had died fighting in Ukraine. Russia denies that its forces are operating there.