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FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a binoculars as he watches the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus Zapad-2021 at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia, on Sept. 13, 2021. The Kremlin has rejected Ukrainian and Western allegations that it amassed troops preparing for possible invasion of Ukraine, describing the claims as a cover for their own alleged aggressive designs. (Sergei Savostyanov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

What’s behind Russia-Ukraine tensions?

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, walks under a camouflage net in a trench as he visits the war-hit Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Ukraine president hails military as Russia tensions soar

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pose for photographers on the occasion of their meeting on the sidelines of an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) meeting, in Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. (Jonathan Nackstrand/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. threatens ‘serious consequences’ if Russia invades Ukraine

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meet on the sidelines of an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) meeting, in Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. (Jonathan Nackstrand/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. warns Russia as Kremlin talks about war threat in Ukraine

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a video call of the VTB Capital &quot;Russia Calling!&quot; Investment Forum in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin warns West: Moscow has red line about Ukraine, NATO

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Illustration on expanding membership in NATO by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

NATO membership for Ukraine and Georgia would harm American national security

By Daniel L. Davis

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a photo opportunity with Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu at the State Department, Nov. 8, 2021, in Washington. The Biden administration is stepping up pressure on Russia over a buildup of troops along its frontier with Ukraine. As Blinken prepared to meet his Ukrainian counterpart in Washington on Wednesday, the top U.S. diplomat for Europe said the administration is watching the border situation closely and would regard any escalation with deep concern. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool, File)

Blinken warns Russia over troop buildup, regional aggression

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this file photo, then-National Security Agency Deputy Director John C. Inglis testifies as the Senate Judiciary Committee questions top Obama administration officials about the National Security Agency's surveillance programs for the first time since the House narrowly rejected a proposal last week to effectively shut down the NSA's secret collection of hundreds of millions of Americans' phone records, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2013. On June 18, 2021, Mr. Inglis was confirmed to serve as the first national cyber director by the Senate (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Biden officials say it’s too soon to tell if Russia policy is thwarting cyberattackers

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Medics wearing a special suit to protect against coronavirus treat a patient with coronavirus at an ICU at the Moscow City Clinical Hospital 52, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Russia hit another daily record of coronavirus deaths Tuesday as rapidly surging infection rates raised pressure on the country's health care system and prompted the government to suggest declaring a nonworking week.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Moscow tightens restrictions as infections, deaths soar

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks on the side of the meeting dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the House of Russian Diaspora named after Alexander Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. Russias foreign minister says that the country is suspending its mission to NATO. Lavrov said Monday that the move is in response to last weeks expulsion by NATO of eight members of Russias mission to the military alliance. NATO said that they were secretly working as intelligence officers and halved the size of Moscows team able to work at its headquarters. Lavrov also announced that NATOs military liaison and information offices in Moscow would be closed.(Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia suspends NATO liaison office, expels diplomats amid escalating dispute

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this photo taken from a video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, the U.S. destroyer USS Chafee is seen from the Russian navy's Admiral Tributs destroyer near Russian territorial waters in the Sea of Japan on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia says it pushed US destroyer from area near its waters

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

In this photo taken from a video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, the U.S. destroyer USS Chafee is seen from the Russian navy's Admiral Tributs destroyer near Russian territorial waters in the Sea of Japan on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia says it pushed U.S. destroyer from area near its waters

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2020, file photo provided by Russian Direct Investment Fund, an employee works with a coronavirus vaccine at the Nikolai Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow, Russia. Russians are flocking to Serbia to receive Western-approved COVID-19 shots. Although Russia has its own vaccine known as Sputnik V, the shot has not been approved by international health authorities. (Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Russian Direct Investment Fund via AP, File)

Russia’s new COVID-19 infections, deaths near all-time highs

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccinations after touring a Clayco Corporation construction site for a Microsoft data center in Elk Grove Village, Ill., Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden ‘painted into a corner’ as get-tough policy on Russia falls flat

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

People stand behind the fence near the Perm State University with the Posguardia (National Guardia) on the left, in Perm, Russia, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. A gunman opened fire in a university in the Russian city of Perm on Monday morning, leaving eight people dead and others wounded, according to Russia's Investigative Committee. (AP Photo/Anastasia Yakovleva)

Shooting at Russian university leaves 6 dead, 28 hurt

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

People walk past an election poster in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, ahead of the upcoming election for the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament. The poster, from left, shows Denis Protsenko, head of the educational foundation "Talent and Success"; Yelena Shmeleva; Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu; children's rights ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova; and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, candidates of the pro-Kremlin United Russia Party during the campaign. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Russia votes in parliament election without main opposition

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

In this Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, photo, crewmen of Bradley fighting vehicles stand guard at a U.S. military base in northeastern Syria. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) **FILE**

The forgotten ‘forever war’: Biden boosts U.S. military footprint in Syria

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, July 12, 2018, file photo, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, center, poses for a photo with the participants of the conference on Afghanistan bringing together representatives of the Afghan authorities and the Taliban in Moscow, Russia. The Taliban’s lightning takeover of Afghanistan has come as no shock to Russia, which has worked methodically for years to lay the groundwork for future relations with the group it still officially considers a terrorist organization. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Russia was ready for Taliban’s win due to longtime contacts

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Paul Whelan, a former U.S. marine who was arrested for alleged spying, listens to the verdict in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 15, 2020. The Moscow City Court on Monday convicted Paul Whelan on charges of espionage and sentenced him to 16 years in maximum security prison colony. Whelan has insisted on his innocence, saying he was set up. The U.S. Embassy has denounced Whelan's trial as unfair, pointing that no evidence has been provided. (Sofia Sandurskaya, Moscow News Agency photo via AP)

Report: American jailed in Russia blocked from showering, exercising for 30 days

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Illustration on Russia's microwave attacks by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

68 years of Russian microwave radiation attacks on Americans with impunity

By Lewis Regenstein