Information Telegraph Agency of Russia

France has officially "postponed" the delivery of the first of two warships, ordered by Russia, reports BBC. 

French President Francois Hollande said the reason was Moscow's recent actions in Ukraine. 

France had until now resisted pressure to halt the delivery, saying it had to respect an existing contract. Failing to deliver, could cost France EUR 1 B.

Four vessels of the Alliance are approaching the Black Sea, military-diplomatic sources say.

Reports cited by Russian agency ITAR-TASS suggest the warships are US Destroyer USS Ross, French aviso Commandant Birot (F 796), Canadian frigate HMCS Toronto, Spanish air-defense Almirante Juan de Borbon (F-102).

A reported comment by President Vladimir Putin that Russia could capture Ukraine's capital Kiev within two weeks was taken out of context, Itar-Tass news agency quoted a Kremlin foreign policy aide as saying on Sept. 2.
 
It quoted Yuri Ushakov as saying that whether or not those words were spoken, the quote "was taken out of context and had a totally different meaning."
 

A convoy of lorries from Russia are entering Ukrainian territory, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow has announced.

The vehicles have not been granted Kiev's permission to cross the border.

In its statement [RU], the ministry says that the convoy is heading to Luhansk and warns Ukraine against any actions it could take to stop the trucks.

MOSCOW - Serbia will increase its cheese export to Russia in two weeks, Russian Minister of Agriculture Nikolay Fyodorov said after the meeting with his Serbian counterpart Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic in Moscow on Thursday.

European food producers are reportedly seeking to bypass Moscow’s ban on western food imports by deceiving authorities over the origin of the products with tags claiming the food is produced in countries that are not banned, including Turkey.

More Serbs join pro-Russian forces in Ukraine

DONETSK -- Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Republic of Donetsk (DNR) Aleksandr Zakharchenko has said that 14 Serbs on Monday joined the separatist forces.

Serbian minister in Moscow: Russians are our brothers

MOSCOW -- Russia welcomes Serbia's position on sanctions, said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu after his meeting with Serbian counterpart Bratislav Gašić.

Russian tour operator SurgutKurort has gone out of business, Tuesday.

This is the eighth Russian tour operator to terminate its activities since July.

The website of the company informs that it is unable to fulfill its obligations to tourists and that it ceases activities as of August 12, 2014.

The European Union is to refer Moscow's decision to restrict imports of food from the bloc to the World Trade Organization (WTO), a diplomatic source reveals.