Tag: Ukraine

EU to weigh broadening sanctions against Russia

Washington Examiner · April 11, 2014 9:22 am

7 die in eastern Ukrainian mine

Washington Examiner · April 11, 2014 7:54 am

Dozens of lawmakers have signed a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew urging them to impose sanctions on a Russian arms exporter that the Pentagon is procuring helicopters from. (AP Photo)

National Security

Lawmakers urge Jack Lew, John Kerry to stop U.S. purchases of Russian helicopters

Tim Mak · April 11, 2014 4:00 am

A boy runs with a Russian national flag at the Crimean parliament in Simferopol, Crimea. (AP/Alexander Polegenko)

National Security

Obama administration unveils new sanctions over Crimea

Meghashyam Mali · April 11, 2014 4:00 am

Obama calls Angela Merkel to ‘check in’ on Ukraine crisis

Josh Lederman · April 11, 2014 1:04 am

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks during a news conference during the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings at IMF headquarters in Washington, Thursday, April 10, 2014. Lagarde said the global economy is finally turning the corner after a deep recession but the recovery remains too weak. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

US warns Russia of tougher sanctions over Ukraine

Martin Crutsinger · April 10, 2014 11:35 pm

Russian national flags fly above barricades with a road sign "Stop" with an Orthodox icon in front of an entrance of the Ukrainian regional office of the Security Service in Luhansk, 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of the Russian border, Ukraine, Thursday, April 10, 2014. Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said Wednesday that the standoff in Luhansk and the two neighboring Russian-leaning regions of Donetsk and Kharkiv must be resolved within two days. (AP Photo/Igor Golovniov)

Putin: Ukraine debt threatens Europe gas supplies

NATALIYA VASILYEVAVLADIMIR ISACHENKOV · April 10, 2014 7:29 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a Cabinet meeting in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. President Vladimir Putin has threatened that Russia's state-owned gas company could ask Ukraine to pay for gas in advance, according to Russian state news agencies. In a meeting Wednesday with government ministers, Putin said that asking for advance payments "corresponded with the contract" between Ukraine and Russia, but asked that state energy giant Gazprom refrain from such drastic measures until "additional consultations" between both sides. From right, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, Pool)

Energy and Environment

Putin turns up economic heat before Ukraine talks

PETER LEONARDVLADIMIR ISACHENKOV · April 9, 2014 9:11 pm

Russia threatens Ukraine on gas supply

Washington Examiner · April 9, 2014 1:18 pm

Oil rises to near $103 a barrel on Ukraine unrest

Pablo Gorondi · April 9, 2014 12:37 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a Security Council meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on March 28. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Vladimir Putin’s creeping war of aggression

Austin Bay · April 9, 2014 4:00 am

In a speech to Russia's parliament while formally annexing Crimea from Ukraine, Vladimir Putin cited history to legitimize his decision for âreunification.â (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Aided by U.S. weakness, Vladimir Putin wants to party like it’s 1989

J.D. Gordon · April 9, 2014 4:00 am