The map highlighted Ukraine but did not include the Crimea peninsula as part of the country. Russia occupied and unilaterally ...

Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm.

Jan 4 (Reuters) - Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, as workers cleared tons of contaminated sand and earth on either side ...