Tag: Ukraine

Energy and Environment

White House embraces natural gas exports

Zack Colman · March 26, 2014 12:00 am

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin laughs as he and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, unseen, meet with their supporters in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, pool)

Beltway Confidential

Ted Cruz: The Russians are ‘openly laughing’ at Obama

Charlie Spiering · March 26, 2014 12:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, accompanied by fellow GOP lawmakers, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, following a GOP caucus lunch. From left are, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and McConnell and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas. Relenting to GOP objections, Democrats have decided to remove a major roadblock preventing Congress from passing legislation authorizing sanctions on Russia and providing aid to Ukraine. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dems remove hurdle to clear passage of Ukraine aid

Deb Riechmann · March 25, 2014 10:36 pm

Ukrainian marines prepare to leave their base in Feodosia, Crimea, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. In Crimea, Ukrainian soldiers piled onto buses and began their journey to Ukrainian territory on Tuesday, as former comrades saluted them from outside a base overrun by Russian forces. (AP Photo/Valeriy Kulyk)

Busloads of Ukrainian troops leave Crimea

ADAM PEMBLEPETER LEONARD · March 25, 2014 5:25 pm

Aides: Dems consider cutting IMF from Ukraine bill

Bradley Klapper · March 25, 2014 12:34 pm

German business optimism slips amid Ukraine crisis

Geir Moulson · March 25, 2014 7:12 am

FILE - In this Monday, March 24, 2014, file photo, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter speaks during an interview, in New York. On the Ã?Late Show with David LettermanÃ? Monday, March 24, 2014, Carter said the Crimean annexation was Ã?inevitableÃ? because Russia considers it to be part of their country and so many Crimeans consider themselves Russian. He also said Russian President Vladimir Putin shouldnÃ?t be permitted to go any further. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Jimmy Carter: Russian invasion of Crimea ‘inevitable’

Associated Press · March 25, 2014 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., responds to the chamber's rejection of Justice Department nomineeÃÂ Debo Adegbile. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Democrats, heeding GOP objections, strip IMF measure from Ukraine aid bill

Susan Ferrechio · March 25, 2014 4:00 am

US President Barack Obama, right, meets with Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, left, at the US AmbassadorÃ?s Residence in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Obama stands behind criticism of Mitt Romney on Russia

Brian Hughes · March 25, 2014 4:00 am

U.S., Ukraine vow not to recognize ‘illegal’ takeover of Crimea

Meghashyam Mali · March 25, 2014 4:00 am

Ukraine orders troop pullout from Crimea

LAURA MILLSPETER LEONARD · March 25, 2014 3:27 am

National Security

Crimea crisis puts US spying in new spotlight

Eileen Sullivan · March 25, 2014 3:19 am