Russian government has hit back at US announcement of unilateral sanctions against Russia over Alexi Navalny’s case, stressing that Kremlin has always responded logically to the ‘United States' illegal activities’.

The head of Western-backed blogger Alexei Navalny’s political network says the organization is disbanding.

The Russian president says Ukraine is intentionally exacerbating the situation in Donbass.

The Russian foreign minister says Moscow’s response to the EU’s hostile measures will not necessarily be symmetrical.

The Russian president has ridiculed his American counterpart for his “killer” comment.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says Moscow will blacklist US officials in retaliation against the US news sanctions.

Russia says it will respond to planned sanctions by the United States and the European Union (EU) over the case of opposition figure Alexei Navalny.