Tag: Ukraine

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

Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, right, walks with Russian's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Foreign Ministry in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Lavrov is beginning his tour of Latin America in Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

National Security

Russia FM criticizes EU, US sanctions over Ukraine

Washington Examiner · April 29, 2014 8:44 pm

NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe Philip Breedlove talks to journalist during a joint news conference with Portuguese Armed Forces General Chief Artur Pina Monteiro, right, at Sao Juliao de Barra fort in Oeiras, near Lisbon, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. During the conference, Breedlove talked about the current crisis situation in Ukraine among other issues. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

National Security

NATO: European border concept changed with Ukraine

Washington Examiner · April 29, 2014 7:34 pm

Shadowy commander is face of insurgency in Ukraine

Peter Leonard · April 29, 2014 6:46 pm

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Ukraine Forum on Asset Recovery in central London, Tuesday April 29, 2014. Britain and the United States are co-hosting the two-day "asset recovery forum" designed to help find and recover assets believed to have been stolen by the regime of ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych. (AP Photo/Andrew Winning, Pool)

Britain, US seek stolen Ukraine assets

Washington Examiner · April 29, 2014 1:08 pm

EU names 15 new targets for sanctions

JohnThor Dahlburg · April 29, 2014 1:00 pm

Poll: Obama Approval at Lowest Ever

Michael Warren · April 29, 2014 10:15 am

Beltway Confidential

Russian official: ‘I suggest the US deliver its astronauts to the ISS with a trampoline’

Charles Hoskinson · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

"Ukraine's unwavering commitment to its obligations under the [Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty] demonstrates that when a country places itself squarely within the NPT and diligently adheres to all of the Treaty's obligations, all nations benefit," Thomas Countryman, assistant secretary of state for International Security and Nonproliferation, said Monday in New York City.

Beltway Confidential

State Department celebrates Ukrainian disarmament deal Russia violated by seizing Crimea

Joel Gehrke · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

A pro-Ukrainian man bleeds after been beaten by a pro-Russians during a pro Ukraine rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, April 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

New sanctions unlikely to force Putin’s hand on Ukraine

Brian Hughes · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

A pro Ukrainian man chants slogans against Russian president Vladimir Putin, during a pro Ukraine rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, April 28, 2014. About a thousand pro-Russian activists armed with sticks and steel rods attacked the participants of pro-Ukrainian rally in center of Donetsk. Ukraine's acting government and the West have accused Russia of orchestrating the unrest, which they fear Moscow could use as a pretext for an invasion.(AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Ukraine mayor shot; US announces new sanctions

Maria Danilova · April 28, 2014 10:07 pm