Russia's Deputy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov on Sunday said Germany's decision to halt a major arms deal over Moscow's takeover of Crimea was "unconstructive" and taken under pressure from the United States.
Germany on Saturday accused Russia of trying to splinter Europe as a Cold War-style struggle over the future of ex Soviet Ukraine ratched up following the Kremlin's defiant annexation of Crimea.
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Ukraine on Saturday for talks with interim leaders in Kiev and a governor in the country's east, an official said.
UPDATE: Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that the EU would target more figures with travel bans and assets freezes over the Ukraine crisis, and also warned of economic sanctions
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he had told his Russian counterpart Wednesday that approval was needed immediately for a mandate to send foreign observers to Ukraine.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that Russia's absorption of Ukraine's Crimea region after a secession referendum and declaration of independence there violated international law.
As Russian President Vladimir Putin this week moved to turn the Crimean referendum result to his advantage, the EU imposed sanctions. Our media round-up shows what the German press had to say.
German politicians might be working hard to dissolve tension between Ukraine and Russia, but a recent poll revealed over half of Germans do not care whether the conflict sparks a third world war.
The deputy leader of Germany's left-wing Die Linke party has called on Western powers to accept the results of an "illegal" referendum due to take place in Crimea on Sunday.
Undeterred by spiralling violence, Ukrainians at Berlin's tourism fair were marketing Crimean resorts, Black Sea cruises and picturesque Kiev as holiday destinations.
As one of Russia’s biggest trading partners, Germany is well-placed to defuse the Ukraine crisis, but it has reacted coolly to suggestions of sanctions. Does its dependency on gas make it “Russia’s helper”?
No solution is in sight on the Ukraine crisis, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Tuesday after a "difficult" talk in Geneva with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
Germany's foreign minister warned Russia on Sunday against military intervention in Ukraine, saying that "a new division of Europe can still be prevented".
