MOSCOW, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Russian energy monopoly Gazprom said it expects Kiev to hike the transit fees for Russian natural gas by as much as 58 percent in 2010, a spokesman says.

KIEV, Ukraine, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A decision by Moscow to delay sending its new envoy to Kiev in part due to lingering natural gas issues is "very" disappointing, said the Ukrainian president.

MOSCOW, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Russian officials say they will open a new investigation into the death of 19-year-old hockey star Alexei Cherepanov.

MINSK, Belarus, April 23 (UPI) -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama should avoid using the threat of sanctions.

WASHINGTON, April 13 (UPI) -- Russia has closed a deal with Israel's largest aerospace company to buy new state-of-the-art unmanned aerial vehicles.

WASHINGTON, March 27 (UPI) -- Russia is continuing its massive strategic missile buildup despite its growing economic crisis that is already causing unrest across the far-flung Russian Federation.

MOSCOW, March 27 (UPI) -- French national Jean-Michel Andre says he will agree to a deal in a Russian court with his ex-wife if it means he can see his abducted daughter.

WASHINGTON, March 18 (UPI) -- Russia has deployed its second state-of-the-art S-400 anti-ballistic missile system regiment, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday.

KIEV, Ukraine, March 16 (UPI) -- Naftogaz, the embattled Ukrainian national energy company, is more than $4 billion in debt with some of that debt backed by gas in storage.