Ukraine: a moment of acute danger
What happens next depends on whether Ukraine deals with the armed groups in a proportionate way. The use of the term “Colorado beetles” to describe them is possibly not indicative of restraint.
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William Hague says Britain will back sanctions despite the risks to the City. But has the importance of Russian money to the British economy been overstated?
What happens next depends on whether Ukraine deals with the armed groups in a proportionate way. The use of the term “Colorado beetles” to describe them is possibly not indicative of restraint.
Hungarians go to the polls on Sunday – and four years after the far-right Jobbik made its big electoral breakthrough, it seems the party is in a stronger position than ever, writes Brian Whelan.
Inspired by the results of arming children with cameras, filmmaker Mark Cousins is curating a season of films about childhood. He tells Channel 4 News what adults can learn from films about kids.
The vote is done. Crimean matters have come to a head. But how did we get into the mess, which now has ‘the west’ scurrying around looking for reprisals against Russia?
Hundreds of Crimeans queued at banks today, fearing that after Sunday’s referendum on rejoining Russia they won’t have access to their savings.
Ukraine’s far-right leader Dmitry Yarosh says he will run for president, and in the Crimea military tensions escalate as Russia bolsters its grip on the region.
The EU has announced an escalating scale of punishments contingent on Russia’s behaviour. But as it escalates, it gets less specific.
Calls for a ban on traditional Jewish and Muslim methods of slaughtering animals have provoked outrage among religious groups.
The next two days see a Nato meeting, a meeting of foreign ministers, and an EU gathering. Will countries with widely differing agendas on Ukraine be able to find a way forward?
Live updates from Channel 4 News and our team of journalists on the ground in Ukraine as a revolution in the former Soviet country sparks the threat of war with Russia.
Former Tory MP Louise Mensch and the Russian embassy in the UK engage in an unusual Twitter spat on the weekend over the deteriorating situation in Ukraine.
If an economic proxy war breaks out between the EU, USA and Russia, and China backs the latter, then you can kiss globalisation goodbye.
The stand off at the Crimean regional parliament in Simferopol can only be ended through negotiation – any attempt to use force of arms could pitch Ukraine into a dangerous conflict.
Fogadtatás! Or maybe, Bine ai venit! Three times as many Romanians and Bulgarians arrived in the UK last year as in the year before. Overall, 212,000 more people came to the UK than left.