Tag: Sanctions

Riot police officers guard entrance in the Hotel Dnipro in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. A tense standoff between Ukrainian police and a radical nationalist group Right Sector ended Tuesday, when its members surrendered their weapons and left a downtown hotel. Their departure followed a shooting spree in the capital, in which a Right Sector member shot and wounded three people outside a restaurant adjacent to the capital's main Independence Square, including a deputy mayor of the capital. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

National Security

White House: ‘Judge for yourselves’ strength of Ukraine sanctions

Meghashyam Mali · April 2, 2014 4:00 am

Sanctions Take Time

Geoffrey Norman · April 1, 2014 3:59 pm

House, Senate pass Ukraine aid and sanctions legislation

Susan Ferrechio · March 27, 2014 12:00 am

A boy runs with a Russian national flag at the Crimean parliament in Simferopol, Crimea, Wednesday. Within days of Crimea being swallowed up by Russia, the lights began flickering out. (AP Photo/Alexander Polegenko)

Obama forced to settle for status quo in Crimea

Brian Hughes · March 27, 2014 12:00 am

President Obama: Russia ‘stands alone’

President Obama: Russia ‘stands alone’

Brian Hughes · March 26, 2014 12:00 am

Oil slides, stays in narrow range near $100

Oil slides, stays in narrow range near $100

The Associated Press · March 25, 2014 9:36 pm

National Security

U.S., European pact on Russia brings little clarity to showdown

Brian Hughes · March 25, 2014 12:00 am

Russia bans entry to 13 Canadian lawmakers and officials in retaliation for Canadian sanctions

Russia bans entry to 13 Canadian lawmakers and officials in retaliation for Canadian sanctions

Washington Examiner · March 24, 2014 10:52 am

FILE - In this March 17. 2014 photo, President Barack Obama speaks about Ukraine in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. Obama travels across the Atlantic next week and will seek a cohesive stance from European leaders unnerved by Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. (AP Photo/ Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House week ahead: Obama faces European challenge on Russia

Brian Hughes · March 24, 2014 4:00 am

U.S. President Barack Obama arrives on the first day of the two-day Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, March 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Evert-Jan Daniels, POOL)

National Security

Obama expected to push suspension of Russia from G-8

Brian Hughes · March 24, 2014 4:00 am

Senate votes to move ahead with sanctions and aid package for Ukraine

Susan Ferrechio · March 24, 2014 12:00 am

Economically deflating Russia can be done

Lawrence Kudlow · March 24, 2014 12:00 am