#Republic of Crimea

Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Russia’s oil company Tatneft, one of the biggest in the country, operated in Crimea until very recently despite the risk of being blacklisted by the U.S., Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing Tatneft documents and a source close to the company.

Authored by Alex Gorka via The Strategic Culture Foundation, Boris Johnson arrives in Moscow today to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov the next day – the first visit to Russia by a British foreign minister in five years. International security issues are to top the agenda,

Authored by Patrick Buchanan via Buchanan.org, “We will never accept Russia’s occupation and attempted annexation of Crimea,” declaimed Rex Tillerson last week in Vienna.   “Crimea-related sanctions will remain in place until Russia returns full control of the peninsula to Ukraine.”

In a surprising, and unexpected warning - which seemingly came out of nowhere - Russia's Finance Minister Anton Siluanov cautioned Washington yesterday that "If our gold and currency reserves can be arrested, even if such a thought exists, it would be financial terrorism." The comment appears to

The US added 38 people (two Russian officials and three dozen other individuals and companies) to a sanctions list prompted by Russia's incursion in Ukraine, the US Treasury Department announced Tuesday, just before US President Trump was due to meet Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Sovereign