Vladimir Putin

Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble says Russia's annexation of Crimea resembles Hitler's actions on the eve of WWII

Russian President Vladimir Putin tells German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the phone that he ordered to withdraw troops from the border with Ukraine.

The G7 meeting has been initiated by U.S. President Barack Obama. A joint response to the events in Crimea will be discussed there.

Russia has created a future threat for its territorial integrity by seizing and annexing Crimea.

155 members pf Russia's Council of Federation approve annexation of Crimea and Simferopol, with no one against or abstaining.

The Belarusian and Russian Presidents talked yesterday, RIA Novosti reports.

USSR's first and last president Mikhail Gorbachev comments on the situation in Crimea occupied by Russian troops and annexed by Russia.

Russia does not want to divide Ukraine, Russian president claims.

Turkish PM Recep Erdoğan has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin, some mass media report.