Tag: Ukraine

Pro Russian armed militants inspect a truck near Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, April 25, 2014. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused the West of plotting to control Ukraine and said the pro-Russian insurgents in the southeast would lay down their arms only if the Ukrainian government clears out the Maidan protest camp in the capital Kiev. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

G-7 nations agree to more sanctions on Russia

Peter Leonard · April 26, 2014 5:29 am

Lawmakers are considering ways to give some natural gas export applications to nations that lack a free-trade agreement with the United States higher priority in the Energy Department review process, the head of a major natural gas trade organization told theÃÂ Washington Examiner. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

Energy and Environment

Lawmakers look to move some natural gas exports higher in Energy Department review, says industry chief

Zack Colman · April 26, 2014 4:00 am

A child and her mother play with Ukrainian flag in Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday. Members of the Group of Seven nations say they could move as early as upcoming Monday to impose additional economic sanctions on Russia in response to its actions in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

G-7 leaders step up sanctions against Russia

Susan Crabtree · April 26, 2014 4:00 am

G7 to ‘move swiftly’ on more Russia sanctions

Washington Examiner · April 26, 2014 2:17 am

G7 leaders agree to ‘move swiftly’ to impose additional sanctions on Russia over Ukraine

Washington Examiner · April 26, 2014 1:58 am

Russian jets cross into Ukraine airspace

Lolita Baldor · April 26, 2014 12:56 am

Tension between Ukraine and Russia push metals up

The Associated Press · April 25, 2014 8:32 pm

Pro Russian militants keep records of their duty at the barricades in Slovyansk , eastern Ukraine, Friday, April 25, 2014. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused the West of plotting to control Ukraine and said the pro-Russian insurgents in the southeast would lay down their arms only if the Ukrainian government clears out the Maidan protest camp in the capital Kiev. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

National Security

Official: Military observers detained in Ukraine

DALTON BENNETTNEBI QENA · April 25, 2014 7:45 pm

Ukraine official says he fears Russian invasion

Washington Examiner · April 25, 2014 7:42 pm

A Ukrainian police officer stands guard at a checkpoint, with Ukrainian flags, that was attacked by unknown men outside the Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine, Friday, April 25, 2014. In southeastern Ukraine, seven people were injured early Friday by a blast at a checkpoint set up by local authorities and pro-Ukraine activists outside the Black Sea port of Odessa. Local police spokesman Volodymyr Shablienko said unknown men had thrown a grenade at the checkpoint. The Odessa region has so far not been affected by the pro-Russian insurgency. (AP Photo/Sergei Poliakov)

Ukraine tensions roil markets, Amazon disappoints

Pan Pylas · April 25, 2014 3:57 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye attend a joint news conference at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 25, 2014. Obama, continuing his four-nation Asia trip which began in Japan, is expected to underscore warnings against North Korean nuclear provocations, calls to lower tensions in regional territorial disputes, and words of condolence for the ferry disaster victims and the people of South Korea. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

Obama: Economic sanctions if Russia enters Ukraine

Julie Pace · April 25, 2014 2:29 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a joint press conference with the Prime Minster of Portugal, Pedro Passos Coelho, as part of a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany’s Merkel threatens new Russia sanctions

Washington Examiner · April 25, 2014 2:10 pm