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Ukraine Deal in Trouble

By Michael Crowley

Russia's Game in Ukraine

By Andrey Kurkov

Putin Ups Ante in Ukraine

By Michael Crowley

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Speak Softly and Carry a Big Twig

Why the U.S. military is doing so little to defend Ukraine

By Mark Thompson

NATO Warns Russia

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen warned Moscow that any further escalation in Ukraine would have "dire consequences"

By Charlie Campbell

Americans to Putin: You're No Hitler

A new poll says Americans don't view the Russian president as having anywhere near the menace of the Nazi leader, but they think Putin is just as strong a leader as Obama, who earns poor marks for his handling of the crisis in Crimea

By Dan Hirschhorn

Vladimir Putin Is Moscow's Newest Bachelor

The Russian president and his wife of 30 years Lyudmila have finalized their divorce. The couple announced their separation last June on state television, and Putin said the split “was a joint decision"

By Denver Nicks

Putin Pulls Back

Russia signaled Monday it would withdraw troops from Ukraine's border, but a solution to the crisis remains elusive. Russia had massed by some counts 40,000 troops along the border, for what Moscow called training exercises

By David Stout

On Ukraine, Obama's Munich Moment

Negotiating with another country’s territory as collateral has a long history—the most obvious example is from 1938.

By Garry Kasparov

Putin's 'Test' in Crimea Gives Russian Army a Rare Chance to Gloat

The annexation of Crimea did not exactly put Russia's military through the races, but it gave the Russian Defense Ministry a neat recruitment tool while pleasing its commander in chief.

By Simon Shuster

Can They Work It Out?

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov face-to-face in a bid to deescalate tensions in Ukraine. Lavrov claims Russia has no plans to invade eastern Ukraine after its annexation of Crimea

By Sam Frizell

Boxer Bows Out

Opposition leader and former world boxing champion Vitali Klitschko is dropping his bid for Ukraine's presidency to support a billionaire businessman who declared his candidacy. He says it's important to present a united front for the upcoming election

By Sam Frizell

Middle East Matters Most to Obama--Not Putin

The crisis in Ukraine has obscured the region where Obama has the most at stake

By Michael Crowley

A Recent History of Campaigns to Get Couples to Do the Nasty

The new “Do It for Denmark” campaign is just what it sounds like: an initiative encouraging couples to have sex—and make babies—for the good of the country.The campaign, reminiscent of a cheesy song from “Grease...

By Brad Tuttle

Putin's Way

Re “What Putin Wants” [March 17]: “President Obama preaches win-win … The Russian leader lives by a much older principle: I win, you lose.” That is a gross distortion. It is the U.S. that lives...

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Congressman Pushes Pentagon Chief to Make Russian Troop Movements Public

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) called on Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Wednesday to immediately make known Russian troop movements along the Ukrainian border. The congressman believes such a move would deter Russian President Vladimir Putin...

By Alex Rogers

McCain's Iffy Claim: 'Snowden Is Working for Russia'

The Arizona Senator joins a slew of lawmakers who have accused the man who leaked secret documents on the NSA's spying program of treason, but McCain's charges lack evidence to support them

By Denver Nicks

The World Through Putin’s Pupils

Russia looks like it is readying to cleave Ukraine, perhaps bringing some of its eastern half back into the warm embrace of Mother Russia. After Vladimir Putin’s sleight of army, which deftly plucked Crimea back...

By Mark Thompson

Russian Militias Release Ukrainian Naval Commander

As Ukraine prepares to withdraw all forces from Crimea, Russian troops continue to close in on Ukrainian naval and military strongholds, seizing three warships

By Dan Kedmey
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