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A Russian sport called the Tank Biathlon has gripped China's military buffs and has been intensely reported and discussed in the media, including on hundreds of China's Internet-based military forums. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Inside China: Tanked in Russia

By Miles Yu

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Russian Roulette’

By Joseph C. Goulden - Special to The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks to the media during a press conference at the conclusion of the AUSMIN talks at Admiralty House in Sydney, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. Hagel and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry are meeting with their Australian counterparts at the annual Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN), which will focus on regional security and enhanced military co-operation. (AP Photo/Dan Himbrechts, Pool)

Russian assures Hagel on Ukrainian relief

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Drivers prepare to show the cargo to journalists in a field where the aid convoy is parked in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russia, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Ukraine: We destroyed Russian military incursion

By Alexander Roslyakov and Jim Heintz - Associated Press

Russian Premier Dmitry Medvedev announces sanctions at the Cabinet meeting in Moscow on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014.The Russian government has banned all imports of meat, fish, milk and milk products and fruit and vegetables from the United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced Thursday. The move was taken on orders from President Vladimir Putin in response to sanctions imposed on Russia by the West over the crisis in Ukraine. The ban has been introduced for one year. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Government Press Service)

Putin retaliates: Russia bans food from West, extends Snowden asylum

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Russia Arctic Bear Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

BLANK & BRAUN: Russia’s dangerous Arctic adventurism

By Stephen Blank and Aurel Braun

U.S. President Ronald Reagan gestures as Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev looks on after their third session of talks at the Hofdi in Reykjavik, Oct. 12, 1986. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

Russia in violation of 1987 missile treaty, White House says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - This, July 16, 2014, file photo shows Russia's President Vladimir Putin as he arrives for an official group photo during the BRICS summit at the Itamaraty palace, in Brasilia, Brazil. Months after Russia annexed Crimea and stepped up support for separatists in eastern Ukraine, Europe and the U.S. are still searching for an effective way to persuade Putin to change course. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File )

HOLMES: What’s at stake in Ukraine?

By Kim R. Holmes

White House says Russia ‘losing’ war in Ukraine

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin steps down upon his arrival at the airport of Samara, Russia, Monday, July 21, 2014. Putin has lambasted those who use the downing of a passenger jet in eastern Ukraine for "mercenary objectives," the Kremlin said Monday. In a statement posted on the Kremlin website, Putin again lashed out at Ukraine for ongoing violence with pro-Russian rebels in the eastern part of the country. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Russia says E.U. sanctions will be ‘greeted enthusiastically’ by international terrorists

Associated Press

Jerzy Dyczynski and Angela Rudhart-Dyczynski whose daughter, 25-year-old Fatima, was a passenger on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, sit on part of the wreckage of the crashed aircraft in Hrabove, Ukraine, Saturday, July 26, 2014. The couple who live in Perth, Australia, crossed territory held by pro-Russian rebels to reach the wreckage-strewn farm fields outside the village of Hrabove. They last spoke to Fatima shortly before she boarded the flight for Kuala Lumpur in Amsterdam on July 17. Rudhart-Dyczynski said, &quot;We have promised our daughter we will come here.&quot; (AP Photo/Nicholas Garriga)

Ukraine launches offensive to retake Donetsk

By AYSE WIETING and DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Thursday, July 17, 2014, Donetsk People's Republic fighters fill their tank with fuel at a gas station in Snizhne, 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Ukraine launches offensive to retake Donetsk from pro-Russia rebels

Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘A Spy Among Friends’

By Muriel Dobbin - Special to The Washington Times

A difficult duty: The stench of death was nearly overwhelming Monday as Alexander Hug (center right), deputy head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, led a forensics investigation team near the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine. (Associated Press)

Vladimir Putin pressured to aid Ukraine plane crash probe, rein in rebels

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A pro-Russian armed fighter stands in guard on the platform as a refrigerated train loaded with bodies of the passengers departs the station in Torez, eastern Ukraine, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Monday, July 21, 2014. Another 21 bodies have been found in the sprawling fields of east Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed last week, killing all 298 people aboard. International indignation over the incident has grown as investigators still only have limited access to the crash site and it remains unclear when and where the victims' bodies will be transported. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Train with MH17 plane crash bodies leaves rebel town in Ukraine

By Dmitry Lovetsky and David McHugh - Associated Press

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-13M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Moscow: Continue U.S. cooperation in space

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

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Kelly Ayotte: Moscow behind plane crash

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

President Obama pauses while speaking about the situation in Ukraine in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on July 18, 2014. Obama called for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, demands credible investigation of downed plane. (Associated Press)

Obama calls for Ukraine cease-fire, blames Russia for downed passenger jet

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin informed President Obama of the downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet near the end of a telephone call about U.S. sanctions. (Associated Press)

Putin moves quickly to control of Malaysia Airlines crash information

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times