Apple Inc has raised the selling price of iPhone in Russia by 35 percent. The company had to suspend the online sales after the fall in Russian ruble last week. The Russian ruble is down 57.1%.
Facebook has blocked access to a page calling for a protest at the site and time a prominent opposition politician will be sentenced on politically motivated criminal charges.
FIFA executives have agreed to publish a "legally appropriate version" of Michael J. Garcia's report regarding allegations of corruption during the World Cup bidding process.
A rare rock with 30,000 diamonds in it was donated to science as the stones in it are too small for any gem use.
Google is reportedly pulling its engineers from Russia to avoid increasing restrictive Internet laws of the country. However, the Internet giant will continue to focus on other aspects of business such as sales, user support and marketing.
The presidents of France and Russia held an unexpected and unplanned meeting in Russia to discuss the current crisis in Ukraine, where a ceasefire is scheduled to take effect Dec. 9.
The city of Grozny, the capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, witnessed its worse violence in years as radical jihadists laid siege to the city and battled with police.
The United States has announced it will provide more non-lethal aid to the Ukrainian Army as it tries to contain a Russian-backed separatist movement in Ukraine's east.
In a worrying development that epitomizes the new policy of assertiveness in Eastern Europe, Russia has taken custody of an Estonian intelligence officer, further ratcheting up tensions in a region already on edge over Russia's actions in Ukraine.
The government of Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists that have been fighting for dominance in eastern Ukraine have reached a ceasefire agreement, despite intense fighting between both sides in the hours leading up to its start.
The French have cancelled the delivery of two warships, the first half of a four-ship deal with Russia, as evidence of Russian involvement in eastern Ukraine continues to grow and peace seems to grow more elusive.
Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened that Russia could seize the Ukrainian capital of Kiev in "two weeks," as NATO and various Western powers reaffirm their military commitments to eastern Europe.
A large number of Russian troops has crossed the border into Ukraine and seized control of a coastal town where the Ukrainian Army recently destroyed a column of tanks and armored vehicles.
Hopes any progress toward peace was made from the meeting between Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin disappeared when the Ukrainian military accused Russia of sending troops into Ukrainian territory for the second time in a week.
The Ukrainian government has released video footage of 10 men it claims are Russian soldiers, just hours before the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was scheduled to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin at a regional meeting in Minsk, Belarus.
09 Aug '24 16:35PM
