Tag: Ukraine

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

Ukraine tries to quell pro-Moscow uprisings

Peter Leonard · April 8, 2014 8:33 pm

Secretary of State Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2014, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to discuss his budget and the status of diplomatic hot spots around the world. Once the chairman of the committee, lawmakers' questions focused on Russia, Ukraine, Iran and Syria. Kerry said the U.S. and European allies were united and willing to impose tough new penalties on Russian energy, banking and mining if Moscow fails to honor a sovereign Ukraine. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Kerry warns Russia of tough new sanctions

Donna Cassata · April 8, 2014 4:36 pm

Economic Warfare?

Geoffrey Norman · April 8, 2014 2:20 pm

National Security

Ukraine feels nervous as big powers debate fate

Maria Danilova · April 8, 2014 9:19 am

People gathered in front of a barricade at the regional administration building in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, April 7, 2014. A Ukrainian news agency is reporting that pro-Russian separatists who have seized the regional administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk proclaimed the region an independent republic. The activists on Monday also called for a referendum on the sovereignty of the Donetsk region, which borders Russia, to be held no later than May 11, the Interfax news agency reported. (AP Photo/Andrey Basevych)

National Security

Pro-Russians call east Ukraine region independent

Peter Leonard · April 8, 2014 2:43 am

National Security

John Kerry to meet with top diplomats on Ukraine

JOSH LEDERMANLARA JAKES · April 7, 2014 7:55 pm

Demonstrators holding a Russian flag stand on the balcony of a regional administrative building after storming it, in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

White House: ‘Russian pressure’ behind new unrest in Ukraine

Meghashyam Mali · April 7, 2014 4:00 am