Crimea
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Crimean clubs have been suspended by Uefa from playing in Russian domestic competitions
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Putin says EU’s opposition scuppered project but Russian leader outlines plan to pump more gas to Turkey on visit to Ankara
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Repression of Crimea’s original inhabitants is the gravest conflict in Russia today, says opposition politician and historian Vladimir Ryzhkov
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After plans to introduce casinos to Crimea, Putin approves gambling zone in Winter Olympic resort. EurasiaNet.org report
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What has happened to the demonstrators who brought down a government and threatened to reignite the cold war? RFE/RL caught up with some on the anniversary of the start of the movement
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Russia calls Polish action ‘unfriendly and unfounded’ and says Polish diplomats left for activities ‘incompatible with their status’
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The Kremlin-backed Sputnik news agency says it wants to counter ‘western propaganda’ – how does that translate into its content? RFE/RL picks five articles from this week’s launch
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Eight months after annexation, the former Ukrainian peninsula is undergoing a massive social and bureaucratic overhaul
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Currency instability is reviving memories among Russians who suffered after the country’s default in the 1990s
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Youth wing of United Russia party organised a free show of nationalist illustrations celebrating President Vladimir Putin and satirising world leaders. The Moscow Times reports
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Russia’s opposition leader and anti-corruption campaigner, held under house arrest, says president is using war to stay in power
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• Plea to put Ukraine crisis in perspective
• Western commentators guilty of exaggeration
• Russian economy in deep trouble -
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Francois Hollande reluctant to renege on controversial €1.2bn contract signed with French shipyard before conflict in Ukraine
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Riga's young mayor was seen as the politician who might unite the country, but the ethnic Russian's refusal to condemn the annexation of Crimea has raised eyebrows
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New East network Young Ukrainians and Russians in the UK on the crisis in eastern Ukraine – interactive
The reverberations of the Ukraine conflict have been felt all over the world – especially in the UK, home to an estimated 70,000 Ukrainians and Russians, where loyalties are divided between Kiev and Moscow
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Defending Russia before the United Nations, foreign minister said the US must give up its claims of ‘eternal uniqueness’
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Analysis: president’s speech at UN general assembly aims to strike delicate balance and rally world to tackle Isis extremism
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Tests also show semen found on body of Hannah Witheridge is not that of her friend, as families pay tribute to victims
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A delegation of international monitors visits the coastguard base in Mariupol, Ukraine, after an unidentified vessel was spotted in the bay
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Sergei Aksyonov tells Russian media that police and self-defence forces will be called if the LGBT community tries to organise gatherings. RFE/RL reports
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As Obama reassures Baltic states of Nato's protection, Kazakhs wonder if they will follow Ukraine, Chechnya and Georgia
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We want to hear about your summer festivals across the former USSR. From traditional music fairs to midsummer celebrations, share your pictures with GuardianWitness
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Analysis: Putin’s motivations are best understood by looking at the political pressures he faces at home, writes Henry E Hale
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Jonathan Wilson: Russian officials fear penalty for breaching Uefa regulations or losing World Cup to England or Germany
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Actor, musician and Vladimir Putin's friend performs with band at pro-'Donetsk People's Republic' show in Sevastopol, Crimea
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Man says his godmother died as artillery barrage hit four apartment buildings in east Ukraine rebel stronghold
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Foal's head and body are the solid brown of a donkey, while his legs have the characteristic black stripes of a zebra
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President Yanukovych is long gone, but war-weariness and a sense of politics as usual are fostering whispers of a 'new Maidan'
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Putin's long-term vision is to build a rival EU - or an EAU, the Eurasian Union trade zone
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Ukraine disputes move of SKChF, Zhemchuzhina and TSK into second division of Russia's Professional Football League
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Correspondent who made the charge of the light brigade famous
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Sweeping post-MH17 bans will affect companies all over the west – and some of the biggest are the most vulnerable
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Australia's experience with methadone programs means it can explain why they should be reinstated in Crimea, UN envoy says
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Britain, France and Germany agree need for more robust stance against Vladimir Putin and may press for further sanctions
The west is letting Putin get his way on Ukraine