Russia’s failure to let the plane land and its refusal to take responsibility for the crash are upsetting a key partner. Five-year gas transit deal between Russia and Ukraine expired on Wednesday as Kyiv refuses to extend the deal amid war.

Kyiv has finally turned off Russia’s gas supply to Europe, ending a source of income that helped pay for Moscow’s war against Ukraine. The decades-old deal, which allowed the transit of natural gas produced by Russian energy giant Gazprom through Ukraine, ended at midnight on December 31, shutting down Russia’s last major gas corridor to Europe.

Moscow has sharply reacted after several Russian state media channels were reportedly blocked for EU users on Telegram.

In 2020, when the last five-year transit agreement started, Russia shipped about 65 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas via Ukraine. Supplies have since fallen to 15 bcm, accounting for less than 10% of the EU's pipeline gas imports in 2023. Following the ...

During his campaign, Trump claimed he could end the nearly three-year-long conflict in Ukraine within a single day.

Investigators have discovered anchor drag marks along the seabed allegedly caused by the Russian ship’s antics.

Even while at war, Ukraine piped Russian gas to Europe. Moscow earned an estimated $5 billion in 2024, while Ukraine raked in up to $1 billion in fees.

Finnish officials say Russia's "shadow fleet" is sabotaging vital undersa internet cables.

Poland launched its presidency of the Council of the European Union on Friday mired in a diplomatic row with Hungary that underscored a deepening sense of political disunity across Europe just as it confronts a raft of major global challenges.

DW looks at how EU, US and NATO relations with Putin's Russia have evolved.In August 1999, Vladimir Putin was appointed the prime minister of the Russian Federation. When he took office, Putin declared that Russia was,

Authorities entered impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's compound, evading a crowd of protesters outside, but were confronted with presidential security forces inside.