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Journalist Vitalii Sediuk is walked off carpet in handcuffs after allegedly attacking Brad Pitt at the world premiere of &quot;Maleficent&quot; at the El Capitan Theatre on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Los Angeles. Sediuk’s antics have left him with fewer friends in the entertainment world after his publicist and television station cut ties with him over pranks that have once again landed the 25-year-old in handcuffs. He’s kissed Will Smith in Moscow, tried to steal Adele’s spotlight at the Grammys, dove under America Ferrera’s dress at Cannes and now accosted Pitt on the red carpet of a Hollywood premiere. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Man who accosted Pitt has reputation for stunts

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY - Associated Press

A sticker with Donetsk people's republic colors is seen on the hunting rifle of a local man who came to a check point on a road leading to the airport, in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Tuesday, May 27, 2014. The eastern city of Donetsk was in turmoil Tuesday a day after government forces used fighter jets to stop pro-Russian militia from taking over the airport. Dozens were reported killed and the mayor went on television to urge residents to stay indoors. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Ukraine sees Russia as source of insurgent threat

By PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

Soyuz rocket carrying Russian-US-German crew blasts off for International Space Station

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Miners rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Coalminers in the Donbass coalfields have gone on an open-ended strike to demand Ukrainian troops and other forces leave the Donetsk Region, the first deputy coal minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People&#8217;s Republic, Konstantin Kuzmin, has told ITAR-TASS. Poster reads "No to Fascism!' (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Chechen leader says he sent no troops to Ukraine

By Peter Leonard - Associated Press

** FILE ** President Obama shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during arrivals for the G-20 summit at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sept. 5, 2013. (Associated Press)

Congress: US should confront Russia on nuke treaty

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

UI president: More students, safer campus

By SUNNY BROWNING - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Germany's former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder attend an economic forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, pool)

Germany’s $104 billion in Russian trade complicates response to crisis in Ukraine

By Sumi Somaskanda — Special to The Washington Times

Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko, left, and Vitali Klitschko, pause, during a press conference, in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, May 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine launches airstrikes against gunmen

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping smile during a signing ceremony in Shanghai of a long-awaited, 30-year deal to buy Russian natural gas. (Associated Press)

Russia’s Putin gains strategic victory with Chinese natural gas deal

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Barack participates in a bilateral meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia at the Esperanza Resort in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, June 18, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Putin blasts Obama: ‘Who is he to judge?’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Investment Forum Friday, May 23, 2014. Putin said Friday at an investment forum that Russia will "respect the choice of the Ukrainian people." He said that Russia wants peace and order to be restored in Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Putin: Russia will respect result of Ukraine vote

By Nataliya Vasilyeva and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Zinaida Patskan, 80, stands in front of her destroyed house following a shelling from Ukrainian government forces in Semyonovka village near the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 22, 2014. The election is a critical step for Ukraine. Russia, which the West alleges is fomenting the unrest that grips Ukraine’s eastern regions, claims the acting government is a junta; a credible election would bring a level of legitimacy to the government and undermine Moscow’s argument. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Deadliest day for Ukraine troops: 16 slain in raid

By IVAN SEKRETAREV and PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko, right, is welcomed by his supporters during a rally in Kruvuy Rig, Ukraine, Saturday, May 17, 2014. A Presidential vote in Ukraine is scheduled for May 25. (AP Photo/Mykola Lazarenko, Pool)

Candy tycoon the front-runner for Ukraine’s next president

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands before posing for a photo during the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit, in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Metzel, Presidential Press Service)

China signs giant 30-year deal with Russia for natural gas

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A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile rolls across Red Square during the Victory Day Parade. The launch of the missile was to test a prospective warhead, Interfax news agency quoted the Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Yegorov as saying. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Russia tests new intercontinental ballistic missile warhead

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Pro-Russian gunmen atop of an armored personnel carrier with the words read &quot;Battalion Vostok (East) &quot; patrol a street in Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. One rebel leader in Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, retaliated Tuesday by threatening to nationalize Akhmetov’s assets over his refusal to pay taxes to the Donetsk People’s Republic. (AP Photo/Alexander Ermochenko)

Ukraine sees letup in tensions, but vote at risk

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

A man looks out of the back window of a bus in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday May 19, 2014. Ukraine will hold presidential elections on May 25. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Ukraine’s hobbled navy: ‘Times are not the best’

By TIM SULLIVAN - Associated Press

A gunman aims his weapon in the hatch of a car at a local administration building preparing to patrol in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, May 19, 2014, with a huge Donetsk People's Republic flag in the background. Heavy mortar fire outside the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk has damaged a large gas pipeline and set off a fire. Slovyansk has been the epicenter of fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian insurgents, who have seized government buildings across the east. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

White House: No sign Russian troops pulling back

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A boy stands atop a seized APC that was set alight during a fighting between pro-Russian militants and government troops at Oktyabrskoye village, about 20 km. (12 miles) from Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. At list six servicemen were ambushed and killed and eight others wounded Tuesday afternoon outside the town of Kramatorsk, Ukrainian defense ministry said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin: Ukraine must pre-pay for gas from June 1

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Two Russian banks, including Bank Rossiya, the lender that was put on the U.S. Treasury's sanctions list, said Visa and MasterCard have stopped providing services to them. Bank Rossiya is a private bank owned by Yuri Kovalchuk, considered to be Russian President Vladimir Putin's longtime friend and banker. With about $10 billion in assets, Rossiya ranks as the 17th-largest bank in Russia and maintains numerous ties to banks in the United States, Europe and elsewhere. (Associated Press)

U.S. corporate giants fear blowback from sanctions on Russia over Ukraine

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times