One civilian was killed and another injured on Wednesday, as Ukrainian artillery renewed its shelling of the residential districts of Donetsk city, according to local authorities. At least one of the strikes involved cluster munitions supplied to the Kiev government by Washington.

Members of a group that denies Russia’s existence had planned a sabotage attack to stop draft notices from being sent out, the agency has said Russian law enforcement agents have apprehended two members of a sect that believes that the Soviet Union still exists who were planning to blow up cell towers in the central…

The decision by the Russian government to refrain from tightening capital controls has also contributed to the rebound, economists say   The Russian ruble strengthened to 93 versus the US dollar and to 101 against the euro on Thursday for the first time since August 1 after the central bank raised the key interest rate to…