Vladimir Putin

The United States has condemned Russia's threat to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine.

In a statement made by the State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki, "Russia's efforts to use energy as a tool of coercion" are unacceptable, the BBC reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine, if the country doesn't pay its debts.

In a letter to 18 world leaders, the Russian head of state warned that Ukraine's USD 2.2 B debt for delivered gas means that supplies could be stopped, something which would affect the European Union as well.

Experts: Unrest in Ukraine is 'well-planned' Kremlin provocation

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will meet with former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in Belgrade on Thursday to mark the initiation of operation of the Serbia-Germany Forum, the Forum announced on Monday.

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin ratified on Wednesday the Russian-Serbian agreement on the status of military cemeteries, which created the legal basis for the maintenance of Russian military cemeteries, monuments and memorials in the territory of Serbia, the Kremlin website released.

President receives UralVagonZavod delegation

BELGRADE -- President Tomislav Nikolić has met with a delegation of UralVagonZavod (UVZ) to discuss the company's interest in further business operations in Serbia.

These including the Smederevo-based steel mill Železara, it was said after the meeting in Belgrade on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic talked in Belgrade on Wednesday with a delegation of Russia's UralVagonZavod (UVZ) about the company's interest in further business operations in Serbia, including the Smederevo-based steel mill.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama have discussed the situation in Ukraine over an hour-long phone call.

The phone call was made by Putin, during Obama's visit to Saudi Arabia on Friday, the BBC reveals.

Olexandr Kirichenko, the chargé d'affaires of the Ukraine embassy in Serbia, told TV Nova that Ukraine is disappointed that Serbia had not taken a clear stance on the Russian annexation of the Crimean peninsula.

"West wants Serbia to join sanctions against Russia"

BELGRADE -- Western countries are asking from future PM Aleksandar Vučić that Serbia "joins the EU sanctions against Russia because of the crisis in the Crimea."

This is according to an article in Friday's edition of the Večernje Novosti daily.