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... sanctions for allegedly working with Russian intelligence. The U.K. Foreign Office hasn't provided any evidence to back up its accusations, which come at a time of high tensions over Russia 's mass deployment of troops near its border with Ukraine . Moscow has insisted it has no plans to invade, and Russia s Foreign Ministry dismissed the British claims as disinformation. The British Foreign Office should stop provocative activities after accusing the U.K. and NATO of escalating tensions. Vadym ...

... Russian aggression against Ukraine . Russia 's mass of troops near its border with Ukraine has sparked Western concerns that it might invade. If Russia does make an incursion, the West has threatened sanctions with far-reaching economic effects. Moscow hasn't plans to invade. When it comes to sanctions, the purpose of those sanctions is to deter Russian aggression. In an interview with CNN's State of the Union program, Blinken said that if they are triggered now, you lose the deterrent effect....

MOSCow, Jan 23 Reuters - British foreign minister Liz Truss could visit Moscow under plans to be examined by authorities, a Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Sunday, at a time of high tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine. MOSCOW,...

Ukraine vows to counter Russian influence over the country's political and economic spheres Sunday after British accusations that Moscow is looking to install a Kremlin-friendly president in Kyiv. Ukraine vows to counter Russian influence over the country's political and economic spheres Sunday after British accusations that Moscow is looking to install a Kremlin-friendly president ...

... Union will be ready to launch sanctions against Russia within days of a military attack on Ukraine , as the volatile security crisis enters a new critical phase. EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday are expected to issue a warning to Moscow , amid simmering tensions over Russia 's buildup of 100,000 troops and heavy weapons along its border with Ukraine . Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, will brief the ministers via a video link on his talks with Russian foreign minister ...

... politicians as part of plans for an invasion. The British foreign ministry did not provide any evidence to back up its accusations, which came at a time of high tensions between Russia and the West over Russia 's mass troops near its border with Ukraine . Moscow has insisted it has no plans to invade. The British ministry said it had been told that the Russian government was considering former Ukrainian lawmaker Yevhen Murayev as a potential candidate to lead a pro- Russian leadership. The information ...

... US and Russian diplomats appeared to have calmed tensions. At the end of last week, talks about the Ukraine crisis between senior US and Russian diplomats appeared to have calmed tensions. The situation on Ukraine 's land and sea borders, where Moscow has amassed troops and powerful military assets, remains grave. Alarmist predictions of imminent, large-scale conflict have proved to be wide of the mark. The dogged insistence of Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, on pursuing diplomatic ...

... to Berlin Andriy Melnyk on Sunday welcomed the resignation of the commanding officer of the German Navy, Vice Adm. Kay-Achim Schonbach, who had previously said that Crimea would never return to Ukraine despite Kiev's attempts to put pressure on Moscow , Sputnik reported. Russia and Ukraine have increased tensions between the two nations, with Russian troops built up near the two nations' borders causing fears that Moscow could launch an invasion. On Saturday, Schonbach requested to be relieved ...