Tag: Vladimir Putin

Ukrainians sing attend commemorations for writer and Ukrainian nationalist Taras Shevchenko in Kiev's Independence Square, Ukraine, Sunday, March 9, 2014. As separatists in Crimea kept up pressure for unification with Moscow, Ukraine solemnly commemorated the 200th anniversary of the birth of its greatest poet, with the prime minister vowing not to give up "a single centimeter" of Ukrainian territory. (AP Photo/David Azia)

Ukrainian prime minister to visit White House

Meghashyam Mali · March 9, 2014 5:00 am

National Security

Robert Gates: Putin wants to recreate Soviet-style Russian sphere of influence

Sean Lengell · March 9, 2014 12:00 am

Washington Secrets

Zogby Report Card: Obama, U.S. weakened in Russia crisis

Paul Bedard · March 8, 2014 5:00 am

Anti-Yanukovych protesters warm themselves next to a fire in Kiev's Independence Square, Ukraine, on Wednesday. (AP/Emilio Morenatti)

The futility of sanctions on Russia

Steve Chapman · March 8, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama talks about the situation in Ukraine, Thursday, March 6, 2014, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama’s warnings brushed aside by Russia’s Putin

Julie Pace · March 7, 2014 9:01 am

Putin: Ukraine move in line with international law

Washington Examiner · March 7, 2014 6:54 am

If the United States and allies really want to punish Russia and discourage future land grabs, they must once again wage the long war, this time working to break Moscow's economic leverage over Europe by eroding its export-driven economy. (Photo: Thinkstock)

A new kind of Cold War

Susan Crabtree · March 7, 2014 5:00 am

Energy and Environment

Ukraine crisis a teachable energy moment for Obama, but will he learn anything?

Dan Kish · March 7, 2014 5:00 am

White House: Obama had ‘direct, candid’ talk with Vladimir Putin

Meghashyam Mali · March 7, 2014 12:00 am

In a meeting in Geneva with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Hillary Clinton presented a token of good faith from the United States: a bright red and yellow button, bearing the word âresetâ in Russian. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Ukraine shows Obama and then Hillary Clinton goofed on Russia

Rebecca Berg · March 7, 2014 12:00 am

Germany’s Angela Merkel stuck in the middle of U.S.-Russia dispute

Susan Crabtree · March 7, 2014 12:00 am

Obama tells Putin Russia’s moves are violation

Washington Examiner · March 6, 2014 11:37 pm