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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Turkey acted contrary to its own interests by downing a Russian warplane. (Associated Press/File)

Vladimir Putin uses NATO weakness for Russia dominance over Turkey

By L. Todd Wood

Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman (Associated Press)

Volodymyr Groysman, Ukraine’s prime minister, puts corruption fight at top of agenda

By Jessie Fox - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Monday, June 13, 2016. NATO's chief says the alliance will agree this week to send four multinational battalions to the Baltic states and Poland to boost their defenses against Russia. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO approves 4,000 troops for Baltics

By L. Todd Wood

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Associated Press/File)

Behind the Curtain: Vladimir Putin manipulates oil price rise for Russian rebound

By L. Todd Wood

In this photo taken on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, Natalya Vetrova, one year old, sleeps holding a bottle with fresh cow milk at home in Zalyshany, 53 km (32 miles) southwest of the destroyed reactor of the Chernobyl plant, Ukraine. Her village is in one of the sections of Ukraine contaminated by radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear explosion. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

Ukraine children eat food tainted by Chernobyl

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

Priests attend a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis for the the Holy Year of Mercy, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Francis announces special collection for victims of Ukraine conflict

By by Elise Harris - Catholic News Agency

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, gestures while speaking to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, back to a camera, during their talks in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 24, 2016. Kerry is in Moscow to discuss the fragile truce in Syria that is hoped will spark U.N.-brokered peace talks. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

John Kerry in Moscow urges unity in face of Brussels attacks

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Secretary of State John F. Kerry. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

John Kerry off to Russia for Syria talks after Brussels attacks

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Ukraine’s progress slowed by ‘dirty money,’ simmering conflict

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (Associated Press/File)

Ukraine’s corrupt oligarchs betray youths fighting for democracy

By L. Todd Wood

Hou-Muzychuk, Game 4, after 18. Qc2.

DAVID R. SANDS: A chess challenger and a champion to be picked in busy March

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov delivers his statement during a high-level segment of the disarmament conference, Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

Russia threatens U.S. with further sanctions after Obama prolongs penalties

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Trucks carrying the wreckage of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrive at Gilze-Rijen military base, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) ** FILE **

MH17: Report claims Russian soldiers downed plane in Ukraine

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 2005 file photo, men sleep after drinking on a bench in downtown Moscow. Russian men who down large amounts of vodka _ and too many do _ have an “extraordinarily” high risk of an early death, a new study says. The risk of dying before age 55 for those who said they drank three or more half-liter bottles of vodka a week was a shocking 35 percent. (AP Photo/Alexei Sazonov, File)

Global tensions send Russian vodka exports plummeting 40 percent

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk speaks during an annual report in Parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb.16, 2016. Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has called on the country's embattled prime minister to resign, a move that would break apart the fragile ruling coalition. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

L. TODD WOOD: Ukrainian politicians doing Putin’s job for him

By L. Todd Wood

In this Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, file photo, a woman walks with her dog past a graffiti depicting the Russia and Crimean flags on the outskirts of Simferopol, Crimea. Two years after Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin touts the move as a historic achievement, looking on with a satisfied smile from countless billboards across the peninsula. However, overwhelming opposition from the Muslim Tatar ethnic minority puts a crack in this picture of unanimous support, as evidenced in interviews with more than two dozen Tatars across Crimea. And the resistance appears to be growing. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Tatars step up resistance to Russian rule over Crimea

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press