VLADIMIR PUTIN

In a slow economy, the Russian Finance Ministry plans to slash dividend revenue from Gazprom and Rosneftegaz.

Demonstrators rally in support of separatists in Donetsk.

A new measure requiring websites to store user data on Russian servers has again raised fears of Internet censorship in the country.

Legislation signed off by President Putin in May comes into effect today.

Petro Poroshenko made a fiery speech on Monday, criticizing Russia and promising to proactively handle eastern separatists.

Rebels shot down a Ukrainian helicopter carrying technicians who had been installing equipment to monitor violations of a peace plan in Ukraine's rebellious east on Tuesday, killing all nine people on board, a military spokesman said.

Kiev said pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine had shot down a military helicopter, most likely killing all nine on board. It was the most serious breach of a temporary ceasefire agreed in talks between government and rebels less than 24 hours earlier.

Pro-Russian separatists reportedly killed nine military specialists in the second cease-fire violation in less than a week.

Rebel militia carried out attacks on a government military post near the rebel-controlled town of Slaviansk, a government spokesman said.

EU leaders will hold a summit later in the week in Brussels where they could take decisions on sanctions.

The attacks occurred in the cities of Donetsk and Luhansk.

Poroshenko is under pressure to secure support from Russia, as well as his backers in the West.

Ukrainian officials claimed that 300 pro-Moscow separatists were reported killed in clashes in the country's restive east.

Ukraine's president has announced plans to implement a unilateral cease-fire.

Two Russian state-television journalists were killed in shelling near the eastern city of Luhansk.

Exxon's CEO will speak at a summit in Moscow despite requests from the U.S. government to isolate Russia over its actions in Ukraine.

The aerial images reportedly show Russian T-64 tanks moving near the Ukrainian border.

Violence heated up in Ukraine after Petro Poroshenko was is elected president. And in Donetsk, leader Pushilin claimed his bus was blown up.

The stealth bombers had never been based in Europe before. Now, they sit just three hours from the Russian border.

In her new memoir, "Hard Choices," the former Secretary of State's views seem prescient on Russia, Syria and Egypt.

The swearing–in process follows Poroshenko’s meeting with Putin on Friday, with hints of a cease-fire.