The US and its allies are pushing Kiev towards increasingly reckless steps, Russia’s foreign ministry has said The shelling by Ukraine of the Russian city of Donetsk on Sunday, which claimed the lives of at least 25 civilians and wounded 20 others, was “a barbaric terrorist act” carried out with the support of the West,…

The ‘horrendous’ attack claimed at least 25 lives, the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic says The number of fatalities from the Ukrainian shelling of a busy market in Donetsk has climbed to at least 25, Denis Pushilin, the leader of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic, has said.

Fewer tourists are visiting the country due to the tensions across the Middle East The number of bookings made by Russians for the popular Egyptian tourist destinations of Cairo and Sharm el-Sheikh in January has seen a year-on-year decline of 14%, Russian business daily Kommersant reported earlier this week, citing calculations by travel website Ostrovok.ru.