Tag: Ukraine

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. China signed a landmark deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth about $400 billion, giving a boost to diplomatically isolated President Vladimir Putin and expanding Moscow's ties with Asia. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Ukraine sees letup in tensions, but vote at risk

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVPETER LEONARD · May 21, 2014 6:15 pm

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden embraces Romanian President Traian Basescu in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. On a two-day official visit to Romania, Joe Biden on Tuesday called on European allies to stand firm in punishing Russia for its role in the unrest in neighboring Ukraine and its annexation of Crimea. (AP Photo/Octav Ganea, Mediafax) ROMANIA OUT

National Security

Biden: Punish Russia if it meddles in Ukraine

Alison Mutler · May 21, 2014 1:58 pm

FILE - In this May 9, 2014, file photo, a veteran from the Red Army holds a bouquet of flowers while attending the commemoration of Victory Day in Donetsk, Ukraine. The crisis in Ukraine is giving Russia an opening to drive a wedge between the United States and Europe just as Western powers try to repair a struggling trade deal and decide how to bolster a cash-strapped NATO. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)

With Ukraine, Russia drives wedge between EU, US

Lara Jakes · May 21, 2014 12:12 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with upper parliament chamber speaker Valentina Matviyenko prior to the Security Council meeting in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Monday, May 19, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops deployed in regions near Ukraine to return to their home bases, the Kremlin said Monday. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

National Security

Pentagon: No sign of Russian troop pullback

Robert Burns · May 20, 2014 11:12 pm

US levies sanctions against 12 Russians

US levies sanctions against 12 Russians

Deb Riechmann · May 20, 2014 9:14 pm

Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine face citizen anger

Washington Examiner · May 20, 2014 8:24 pm

Ukraine’s hobbled navy: “Times are not the best”

Tim Sullivan · May 20, 2014 8:50 am

US: No sign Russia pulling back troops from border

US: No sign Russia pulling back troops from border

Washington Examiner · May 19, 2014 5:56 pm

FILE - In this Sunday May 18, 2014 file photo pro-Russian militants drive atop of an armored personal carrier as they guard streets in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine. The struggling interim government in Kiev has been counting on the election to install a president who would be seen as a legitimate successor to Viktor Yanukovych, who fled to Russia in February after months of street protests. But the long-anticipated election may not be considered legitimate by Russia, the West or Ukrainians themselves if people in a large part of the country are unable or unwilling to cast their ballots. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Threats aim to derail Ukraine’s presidential vote

YURAS KARMANAUNATALIYA VASILYEVA · May 19, 2014 2:28 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's recent visit to Washington was a display of dismal diplomacy. (AP/Michael Sohn)

Germany should help lead NATO response to Russia

James Jay Carafano · May 19, 2014 2:38 am

Crimean Tatars chant slogans as they rally in Simferopol, Crimea, Sunday, May 18, 2014. Crimean Tatars gathered for a rally commemorating the 70th anniversary of Stalin's mass deportation. (AP Photo/Max Vetrov)

Ukraine marks 1944 deportation of Crimea’s Tatars

Nataliya Vasilyeva · May 18, 2014 3:31 pm

Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, second left, and Ukraine's former presidents Leonid Kuchma, first right, and Leonid Kravchuk, second right, during a round table reform discussion in Ukraine's eastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday, May 17, 2014. First left is Minister of regional development Volodymyr Groisman. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko, pool)

Eastern Ukrainians rap Kiev in talks

Nataliya Vasilyeva · May 18, 2014 12:05 am