Poroshenko and US press Putin on Ukraine violence
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko appealed to Russia's Vladimir Putin while Washington threatened tougher measures should Moscow fail to rein in separatists mounting.
Prime-Ministers of Russia and Kazakhstan in talks
Prime-Ministers of Kazakhstan and Russia, Karim Massimov and Dmitriy Medvedev, have had a phone conversation to discuss the forthcoming meeting in Moscow.
Turkey's Erdogan says no to Syrian Kurdistan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his country opposes the idea of a Kurdish-controlled autonomous government in northern Syria.