UKRAINE CRISIS

Gold steadies after trading close to a three-week high over the increasing violence in Ukraine.

Russia warns it is weighing options after getting pleas for help from pro-Russian protesters as Donetsk, Slovyansk, Luhansk on the boil.

OPEC production surveys for April produce contradictory results.

London bullion market to be shut on 5 May for bank holiday.

Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Gazprom could cut supplies to Ukraine as early as this summer.

EU Energy Commissioner said the bloc should demand a single price from Russian gas giant Gazprom.

The IMF chief denies that loans come in exchange for structural reform, but the Ukraine bailout shows she is wrong.

Russian President tells Angela Merkel it is 'imperative to withdraw all military units' in country's east.

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International Monetary Fund says resolution to geopolitical crisis would boost Ukraine's economy

Russian president preparing for a trying month as Ukraine elections loom at end of May

International Monetary Fund Slashes Russia's growth forecast to 0.2% for 2014.

Mystery separatists pose for portraits inside seized regional government building in Donetsk.

A huge fight breaks out as ultra-nationalist protestors clash with Maidan self-defence units.

International Monetary Fund says Russia experiencing two consecutive quarters of negative growth.

Ukraine's economy shrunk in the first quarter of 2014 as political turmoil engulfed the country.

Sergei Lavrov says sanctions are work of 'weak politicians trying to blame others'

Militants in eastern Ukraine city smash their way into regional government building

Pro-Russian militants take over local governor's offices in eastern city of Luhansk

Russia's defence minister says military activities of Nato and US near Russian borders 'unprecedented'.

Director of the SFO has opened criminal investigation borne of suspicions of corruption in Ukraine.