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Russian President Vladimir Putin scored six goals and dished five assists Saturday to help his team win a hockey match Saturday. With him on the ice at a Sochi arena are Russian hockey stars. (Associated Press photographs)

Growing roar of Putin: Voices of dissent in Russia increasingly muffled

By Marc Bennetts — Special to The Washington Times

Members of election committee count ballots after voting closed at a polling station in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday, May 11, 2014. Voters in two insurgent Ukrainian regions cast ballots Sunday on whether to declare their areas sovereign republics, a move denounced by the central government and likely to deepen the turmoil in the largely Russian-speaking east. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Kremlin seeks talks for Ukraine, not annexation

By Peter Leonard and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, on a boat, inspects the missile cruiser Moskva during a navy parade marking the Victory Day in Sevastopol, Crimea, Friday, May 9, 2014. Putin extolled the return of Crimea to Russia before tens of thousands Friday during his first trip to Black Sea peninsula since its annexation. The triumphant visit was quickly condemned by Ukraine and NATO. (AP Photo / Ivan Sekretarev) ** FILE **

NATO, facing assertive Russia, ponders what to do

By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev attend a Victory Day parade, which commemorates the 1945 defeat of Nazi Germany, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2014. Russia marked the Victory Day on May 9 holding a military parade at Red Square. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Putin in Crimea for Victory Day celebration

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and IVAN SEKRETAREV - Associated Press

A land-based mock up of China's first cruiser under construction in Wuhan represents a major step forward in Beijing's large-scale naval warfare buildup.

Inside the Ring: China’s missile cruiser a major step to naval warfare buildup

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Men carry the coffin of a person killed during last week's unrest, during a commemorative service in the center of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. The U.S. and European nations have increased diplomatic efforts ahead of Ukraine's May 25 presidential election, as a pro-Russian insurgency continues to rock the country's eastern regions. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Putin: Troops have pulled back from Ukraine border

By LAURA MILLS - Associated Press

Russian political activists Nadya Tolokonnikova, center, and Maria Alyokhina, left, of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, join Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., the chairman of the Helsinki Commission in seeking action to stop violations of human rights by pro-Russian militants in the Ukraine region, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. At right is Pyotr Verzilov, Nadya Tolokonnikova's husband who helped to interpret. The political activists spent more than a year behind bars for performing songs critical of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pussy Riot members tell Congress of rights abuses

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

The pro-Russian gunmen surrounded a military base in Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday and said they were holding negotiations with commanders inside to ensure that they did not join forces with government-allied groups. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)

Echoes of Russia’s Crimea, Ukraine strategy seen in Slovyansk, Odessa

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A pro-Ukrainian self defense unit performs weapons exercises at their training ground outside Donetsk, Ukraine. Sen. Bob Corker, Tennessee Republican, proposed legislation that would call on President Obama to provide the Ukrainian military with "direct military assistance." (associated press)

Republicans push for bill to allow military aid to Ukraine

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Pro-Russian gunmen guard the central square of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 2, 2014. Fighting broke out around dawn near Slovyansk, a city 160 kilometers (100 miles) from the Russian border that has become the focus of the armed insurgency. Two helicopter crew members were killed in the crashes, both sides said, and the insurgents reported one member killed. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Ukraine offensive sparks deadly clashes in Odessa

By Jim Heintz and Peter Leonard - Associated Press

President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel participate in a joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 2, 2014. Obama and Merkel are putting on a display of trans-Atlantic unity against an assertive Russia, even as sanctions imposed by Western allies seem to be doing little to change Russian President Vladimir Putin's reasoning on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama, Merkel sound firm but reluctant note on more Russian sanctions

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a media meeting organized by the Russian People's Front in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, April 24, 2014. Russia&#8217;s President Vladimir Putin has mocked the Internet as a CIA project and pledged to protect Russia&#8217;s interest in the online industry. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

NATO official: Russia now an adversary

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-12M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS) blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. The Russian rocket carries astronaut Steven Swanson, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

NASA chief tries to reassure Congress amid rift with Russia over Ukraine

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

NATO official: Russia now an adversary

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Communists carry a flag depicting Vladimir Lenin, the Soviet Union founder, during a traditional May Day march in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, May 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) ** FILE **

Moscow revives May Day tradition, 100K march through Red Square

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Pro-Russian activists clash with police in front of the regional administration building in Donetsk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Anti-government demonstrators in Donetsk have stormed the local prosecutor's office. The clash came after a march by several hundred people carrying flags of the Donetsk People's Republic, a movement that seeks either greater autonomy from the central government, or independence and possible annexation by Russia. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Putin wants troops out of Ukraine’s east

By PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

The new Russian aircraft in question is the Tu-214ON, which will be outfitted with digital imagery equipment, sideways-looking synthetic aperture radar and infrared gear. (Oleg V. Belyakov)

Inside the Ring: House panel moves to stop Russia spy flights over U.S.

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Sen. Bob Corker, Tennessee Republican, right, proposed legislation that would call on President Obama to provide the Ukrainian military with "direct military assistance" — including anti-tank and anti-aircraft weaponry — while paving the way for more sanctions against Moscow. The administration has previously said it does not plan to supply Ukraine with military weapons. (Associated Press)

Republican Senators push for bill to allow ‘direct military assistance’ to Ukraine

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times