Nataliya Vasilyeva

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Anna Otisko, the girlfriend of Roman Seleznev, a Russian man who was arrested on bank fraud and other charges earlier this week in the United States, cries as she listens to a question during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, July 11, 2014. Family members of a Russian man charged with hacking in the United States insist he is innocent and fear incarceration will kill him. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Indicted Russian’s family say he’s innocent

Nataliya Vasilyeva · July 12, 2014 1:16 am

Ukrainian charged with Russian journalists’ deaths

Nataliya Vasilyeva · July 9, 2014 4:37 pm

Russia warns Europe over re-selling gas to Ukraine

Nataliya Vasilyeva · June 27, 2014 4:23 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Khanty-Mansiysk Governor Natalya Komarova in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 20, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Putin orders forces in the Urals on combat alert

Nataliya Vasilyeva · June 21, 2014 9:34 am

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, center, and new Ukrainian prosecutor-general Vitaly Yarema, left, during a session of the parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, June 19, 2014. The Ukrainian parliament on Thursday approved Ukraine's new foreign minister, prosecutor-general and National Bank Chief. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Ukraine open to Western involvement in pipeline

Nataliya Vasilyeva · June 19, 2014 2:43 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday May 21, 2014 file photo, a Ukrainian worker operates a valve in a gas storage point in Bil 'che-Volicko-Ugerske underground gas storage facilities in Strij, outside Lviv, Ukraine. Russia on Monday, June 16, 2014, cut gas supplies to Ukraine as a payment deadline passed and negotiators failed to reach a deal on gas prices and unpaid bills amid continued fighting in eastern Ukraine. The decision does not immediately affect the gas flow to Europe, but could disrupt the long-term energy supply to the region if the issue is not resolved, analysts said. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov, file)

Gazprom says flow of gas to Europe uninterrupted

Nataliya Vasilyeva · June 18, 2014 2:44 pm

2 Russian journalists killed in eastern Ukraine

Nataliya Vasilyeva · June 17, 2014 11:23 pm

Russian tourists rest on the Black Sea beach about 35 km. (22 miles) from Yalta, Crimea, Sunday, June 15, 2014. When Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea earlier this year, it regained not only harbors for its navy and abandoned Ukrainian military bases but also long stretches of pebble beaches that were the summer destination of choice for millions of Soviet citizens. The Kremlin is hoping to attract tourists to Crimea, which Russia annexed in March, by asking state-controlled companies to send their employees on free vacation trips.(AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)

Russia leans on companies to rescue Crimea tourism

Nataliya Vasilyeva · June 16, 2014 11:41 am

Russia’s Gazprom hails progress in Ukraine talks

Nataliya Vasilyeva · June 3, 2014 11:35 am

Pro-Russian armed militants guard a checkpoint blocking the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2014. Ukrainians vote Sunday in an early presidential election that could be a crucial step toward resolving the country's crisis, but separatists in the east are threatening to block the vote. The election, which comes six months after the outbreak of protests that led to the president's ouster and a deepening chasm between pro-Europe and pro-Russia Ukrainians, aims to unify the fiercely divided country or at least discourage further polarization.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Election under threat in eastern Ukraine

Nataliya Vasilyeva · May 24, 2014 4:11 pm

Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko pauses, during a rally in Uman, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Presidential vote in Ukraine is scheduled for May 25. Ukraine is holding a presidential election Sunday but it has become downright dangerous for many in the east to be associated with the vote, since the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk declared independence last week. Ukrainian police and election officials accuse pro-Russia gunmen there of seizing election commission offices and threatening members in an effort to derail the presidential vote. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Chocolate king tipped as Ukraine’s next president

Nataliya Vasilyeva · May 22, 2014 4:39 pm

Crimean Tatars chant slogans as they rally in Simferopol, Crimea, Sunday, May 18, 2014. Crimean Tatars gathered for a rally commemorating the 70th anniversary of Stalin's mass deportation. (AP Photo/Max Vetrov)

Ukraine marks 1944 deportation of Crimea’s Tatars

Nataliya Vasilyeva · May 18, 2014 3:31 pm