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Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev spoke out against the futile "exchange of black lists" with the West on the crisis in Ukraine.

Russia's energy concern Gazprom is to acquire half of the shares of its Berlin-based subsidiary, South Stream Transport.

Gazprom's board of directors agreed that a total of 205 900 shares will be sold by Gazprom Germania to the main company, RIA Novosti reported.

The US State Department has released photos purportedly showing the presence of Russian soldiers in Eastern Ukraine.

According to US officials, the photos prove that some of the fighters taking part in Ukraine's recent unrest are actually special forces from Russia and even seemed to have Russian insignia, CNN has reported.

A US warship heading towards the Black Sea passed through the Dardanelles Strait on Tuesday.

USS Taylor was already deployed in the sea back in February, during the Sochi Olympics.

US Vice-President Joe Biden is due to hold talks with the Ukrainian leadership on Tuesday.

Biden is to meet the country's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and interim President Oleksandr Turchynov.

He is also expected to announce that the US will provide economic and energy-related assistance to the government.

Manchester United have fired David Moyes just 10 months after the manager took over from the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson.

United, the team with the most titles in England, are heading for their worst league finish in over 2 decades. They have recorded 11 losses in 34 games and were also eliminated from all cup competitions.

French League 1 club Monaco will consider renewing the contract of Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov.

Berbatov joined Monaco in January from Fulham, and has since scored 3 goals and 3 assists in 9 league matches. His goal on the weekend against Nice is among the contenders for 'goal of the season'.

Tuesday is the deadline for parties, coalitions, and independent candidates to register for the European Parliament elections in Bulgaria.

So far 18 parties, 6 coalitions and 5 nomination committees have registered in the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), Novanews.bg revealed. On Wednesday, CEC will draw the positions for each candidate on the ballots.

Turkey will import electricity from Bulgaria due to the extended dry spell in the country, according to Taner Yildiz, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources.

The death toll from the sunken South Korean ferry has rose to 108 on the sixth day of the search operations.

Dozens of bodies were retrieved over the last two days, but 190 remain missing, Euronews reported. Many of the victims were children, travelling on a school trip to the resort island Jeju.