Tag: Ukraine

In Ukraine heartland, politics second to money

Tim Sullivan · May 24, 2014 12:06 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Investment Forum Friday, May 23, 2014. Putin said Friday at an investment forum that Russia will "respect the choice of the Ukrainian people." He said that Russia wants peace and order to be restored in Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Putin promises to respect Ukraine’s election

LAURA MILLSPETER LEONARD · May 23, 2014 9:00 pm

US: Some Russian troops moving away from Ukraine

US: Some Russian troops moving away from Ukraine

Washington Examiner · May 23, 2014 8:25 pm

Oil above $104 ahead of US holiday, Ukraine vote

Oil above $104 ahead of US holiday, Ukraine vote

The Associated Press · May 23, 2014 7:24 pm

Ukraine: 500 pro-Russia insurgents clash with soldiers in the east; 20 rebels killed

Ukraine: 500 pro-Russia insurgents clash with soldiers in the east; 20 rebels killed

Washington Examiner · May 23, 2014 4:18 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy actions suggest that he wants to restore the old Soviet Union, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said when asked about U.S. intelligence reveals about the former KGB spy's "calculus."ÃÂ (AP/Mandel Ngan)

Beltway Confidential

Chuck Hagel: Vladimir Putin wants to restore Soviet Union

Joel Gehrke · May 23, 2014 3:37 pm

An Ukrainian soldier walks past charred APCs at a gunfight site near the village of Blahodatne, eastern Ukraine, on Thursday, May 22, 2014. At least 11 Ukrainian troops were killed and about 30 others were wounded when Pro-Russians attacked a military checkpoint, the deadliest raid in the weeks of fighting in eastern Ukraine. Three charred Ukrainian armored infantry vehicles, their turrets blown away by powerful explosions, and several burned vehicles stood at the site of the combat. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Deadliest day for Ukraine troops: 16 slain in raid

IVAN SEKRETAREVPETER LEONARD · May 22, 2014 8:09 pm

Raw: Heavy Fighting in Ukraine

Raw: Heavy Fighting in Ukraine

Washington Examiner · May 22, 2014 7:04 pm

President Obama will not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at next month's D-Day memorial service in Normandy, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Beltway Confidential

President Obama and Vladimir Putin will not meet at June 6 D-Day memorial

Kevin Daley · May 21, 2014 10:12 pm

Gas Warfare, 21st Century Style

Gas Warfare, 21st Century Style

Geoffrey Norman · May 21, 2014 8:02 pm

In Ukraine, chaos meets self-declared independence

Tim Sullivan · May 21, 2014 7:36 pm

A municipality worker places a US flag, left and Cypriot flag, on an electricity column, on a street in divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. US Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Cyprus Wednesday for an official, three-day visit to the ethnically divided island. Energy prospects in the east Mediterranean, the situation in Ukraine and talks to reunify Cyprus will top Biden's agenda, who is the most senior American official to visit the island in 52 years. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

US vice president: Cyprus peace deal possible

Menelaos Hadjicostis · May 21, 2014 7:08 pm