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Vladimir Putin mocked diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine crisis on Friday as Russia threatened to disrupt European gas supplies by cutting off sales to Kiev over its unpaid debts.

Opening statements were set to begin Friday in the court-martial of an Army general accused of sexually assaulting a captain under his command with whom he had a three-year affair.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says Canada will suspend practically all its military relations with Russia because of the crisis in Ukraine.

Crimea's parliament voted on Thursday to join Russia, and its Moscow-backed government set a referendum in 10 days, in a dramatic escalation of the crisis over the Ukrainian region that drew a sharp riposte from U.S. President Barack Obama.

The former United States ambassador to the Russian Federation - only eight days out of office - told reporters on Friday that the White House is taking the right steps in responding to the crisis in Ukraine, saying the threats to impose sanctions on Moscow are working to change the situation in the immediate term.

An inside sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church Pro-Putin demonstrators with St. George ribbons hold Russian national flags and posters reading "Crimea is Russian land!" as they gather towards to Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Friday.

The international pop-reggae star Orisha Sound revives this year's hit single 'World War III' feat.

Pro-Russian supporters wave Russian flags to welcome the Russian Black Sea Fleet flagship, the missile cruiser Moskva, entering Sevastopol bay in September 10, 2008.

With officials in the Ukrainian region of Crimea preparing a referendum on joining the Russian Federation and Russian lawmakers drafting legislation that would enable Moscow to accept Crimea as a new subject of Russia, RFE/RL correspondent Robert Coalson discussed the issue of annexation with Adam Roberts, senior research fellow in international ... (more)

For the second time in as many days, the Binghamton Senators have added a defenseman.

Opening statements were set to begin Friday in the court-martial of an Army general accused of sexually assaulting a captain under his command with whom he had a three-year affair.

Armenia can become a member of the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan in 2014, chairman of the board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Viktor Khristenko said on March 6, RIA Novosti reported.

Are they hallucinations pecking at the insomnia-afflicted Lodgers, or the gnarled remnants of a darker secret? Survive the night while maintaining the dilapidated cabin and preventing the threadbare sanity of the Lodger from unraveling completely.

In return for the security assurances by the great powers, Ukraine decided to give up what was then the world's third largest nuclear weapons stockpile and acceded to the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked whether President Barack Obama regretted being "dismissive" about Mitt Romney's contention Russia was America's "number one geo-political foe" at a press conference Thursday.

Emotions among residents in this Crimean capital ranged from confusion and dread to elation over news Thursday that the self-proclaimed authorities here would move ahead with a referendum on whether to secede from Ukraine or demand more autonomy.

The scuttled decommissioned Russian vessel Ochakov lays on it's side off the Black Sea shore outside the town of Myrnyi, western Crimea, Ukraine.

The EU has joined Ukraine's government in condemning as "illegal" a move by the Crimea region to set up a referendum to join Russia.

Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton has likened President Putin's stance on Ukraine to tactics used by Hitler in the 1930s.

In this Tuesday Sept. 17, 2013 file photo, artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet Sergei Filin attends a meeting of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia.