Tag: Ukraine

President Obama speaks on minimum wage during an East Room event April 30, 2014 at the White House in Washington. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Obama proceeds step by cautious step in foreign affairs

Brian Hughes · May 2, 2014 4:00 am

Pro-Russian activists clash with police in front of the regional administration building in Donetsk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Anti-government demonstrators in Donetsk have stormed the local prosecutor's office. The clash came after a march by several hundred people carrying flags of the Donetsk People's Republic, a movement that seeks either greater autonomy from the central government, or independence and possible annexation by Russia. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Putin wants troops out of Ukraine’s east

Peter Leonard · May 1, 2014 8:34 pm

Raw: Protestors Storm Ukrainian Building

Washington Examiner · May 1, 2014 8:00 pm

An elderly man marches in front of an amateur band while local citizens gather to mark May Day in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Russian state news media were quick to dismiss the protests as the work of Ukrainian neo-Nazis, a particularly loaded accusation because Ukrainian nationalists collaborating with the Nazis are blamed for horrific reprisal attacks during World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Despite Russia crisis, Ukraine hopeful for future

Maria Danilova · May 1, 2014 7:44 pm

Russia challenges EU energy market rules

John Heilprin · May 1, 2014 2:16 pm

In this April 25, 2014 file photo, U.S. President Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye participate in a joint news conference at the Blue House, in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Beltway Confidential

Poll: Americans want to pull back from the world stage

Charles Hoskinson · May 1, 2014 4:00 am

Russia evokes Nazi horrors to bash Ukraine

EFREM LUKATSKYNATALIYA VASILYEVA · April 30, 2014 9:31 pm

Pro Russian masked armed militants guard barricades near Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Ukraine's police and security forces are "helpless" to quell unrest in two eastern regions bordering Russia, and in some cases are cooperating with pro-Russian gunmen who have seized scores of government buildings and taken people hostage, the country's president Oleksandr Turchynov said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Kiev: Forces “helpless” to restore order in east

MARIA DANILOVAPETER LEONARD · April 30, 2014 8:02 pm

National Security

Biden: Russia can’t alter Europe borders by force

Josh Lederman · April 30, 2014 5:46 pm

A pro Russian masked armed militant guards barricades near Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Putin’s creeping war of aggression will continue unless the West responds

Austin Bay · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

Advocates and opponents of expanding U.S. natural gas exports are using the crisis in Ukraine to plead their cases as debate over the issue reaches a fever pitch on Capitol Hill. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

House committee OKs natural gas export bill

Zack Colman · April 30, 2014 12:00 am

Pro-Russian activists storm an administration building in the center of Luhansk, Ukraine, one of the largest cities in Ukraine's troubled east, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, as demonstrators demand greater autonomy for Ukraine's regions. The action on Tuesday further raises tensions in the east, where insurgents have seized control of police stations and other government buildings in at least 10 cities and towns.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Protesters seize new building in eastern Ukraine

alexander-zemlianichenko · April 29, 2014 9:19 pm