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Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny leaves a detention center in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 6, 2015. Navalny, a leading opposition figure, was released after spending 15 days in custody for handing out leaflets in the subway. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Alexei Navalny, Kremlin critic, released after 15 days in custody

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Boehner’s job is safe despite passing yet another big bill that most of his Republican colleagues oppose, as he did Tuesday to avert defunding the Department of Homeland Security. But Boehner and his leadership team appear destined to confront fratricidal fights for months to come. The friction exposes deep GOP ideological differences as the 2016 presidential campaign gets under way. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John Boehner, top Democrats demand Obama arm Ukraine

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A child plays, back dropped by Russia-backed separatists in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) ** FILE **

12K Russian soldiers in Ukraine: Ben Hodges, U.S. Army Europe commander says

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Iranian Nuclear threat Against Israel Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

DONALD LAMBRO: Israel can’t take Iran threat for granted

By Donald Lambro

People follow the coffin of Boris Nemtsov during a farewell ceremony at the Sakharov center in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Boris Nemtsov case: Russian mourners view body of slain opposition leader

By Laura Mills - Associated Press

Rolling the Dice Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

RICHARD RAHN: The world a year from now, after corruption and strife

By Richard W. Rahn

[u"FILE - In this file photo taken on Monday Nov. 22, 2004, Boris Nemtsov, a leader of the Russian Union of liberal party, right, listens to Petro Poroshenko, while Yulia Tymoshenko, left, looks on during a street protest in downtown Kiev Ukraine. Russia's Interior Ministry says Boris Nemtsov, a leading opposition figure and former deputy prime minister, has been shot and killed near the Kremlin. Nemtsov, a sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, was killed early Saturday. His death comes just a day before a major opposition rally in Moscow. (AP Photo/Efrem lukatsky)", u'FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2004 file photo, Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic Russian opposition leader and sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Petro Poroshenko while Yulia Tymoshenko, left, looks on during a street protest in downtown Kiev Ukraine. Nemtsov was gunned down Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 near the Kremlin, just a day before a planned protest against the government. (AP Photo/Efrem lukatsky)']

Russian investigators: Killing of Putin critic Boris Nemtsov may be provocation

Associated Press

Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to review the State Department's fiscal 2016 budget request. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

John Kerry: Russia ‘lies … to my face’ about military mission against Ukraine

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a joint news conference with Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. Russia and Cyprus have signed a military cooperation agreement that would allow Russian navy ships to make regular port calls on the island. (AP Photo/Yuri Kadobnov, Pool)

FRANK GAFFNEY: The ‘ceasefire’ in Ukraine, Russia expansion

By Sean MacCormac

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2015 file photo, Gen. Philip M. Breedlove attends a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels. The Obama administration is still struggling with whether to provide lethal, defensive weapons to Ukraine amid concerns that such a move might only escalate Russia's military campaign there, U.S. defense leaders told Congress Wednesday. Breedlove, the top NATO commander, told the House Armed Services Committee that he has laid out military options the administration could consider for Ukraine, ranging from sending small arms to more sophisticated weapons that would take longer to arrive and require extensive training. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

Gen. Philip Breedlove says training of Ukrainians not ‘on automatic’

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

A toy tank lies with debris from a heavily damaged apartment building in Debaltseve, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. After weeks of relentless fighting, the embattled Ukrainian rail hub of Debaltseve fell last week to Russia-backed separatists. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Ukraine disputes rebel claim that weapons pullback begins

By Nicolae Dumitrache and Jim Heintz - Associated Press

Vladimir Putin Cartoon by Herb, Dagningen, Lillehammer, Norway/CartoonArts International

CLIFFORD MAY: Vladimir Putin’s revisionist government

By Clifford D. May

(Image: U.K. Army)

David Cameron: U.K. sending troops to train Ukraine army to ‘stand up to Russia’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

A women light candles in a church as she prays for peace in eastern Ukraine in St. Volodymyr Cathedral in Kiev, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. Leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany on Thursday emerged from marathon 16-hour talks to announce a comprehensive peace deal for eastern Ukraine, but questions remained whether Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels have agreed on all of its terms. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

The war in Ukraine: a failure to evangelize?

By Sofia Kochmar - Catholic News Agency

Ukrainian prisoners of war wait in formation before a prisoner exchange in Russia-backed separatist controlled territory, near Zholobok, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) ** FILE **

Ukraine delays heavy weapons pullback, blames rebel attacks

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

U.S. Sen. John McCain blasted the president's "more of the same" strategy for Ukraine and described it as "doomed to fail." (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

John McCain ‘ashamed’ over lack of U.S. aid to Ukraine

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

NATO's Supreme Allied Commander for Europe (SACEUR) US General Philip Breedlove speaks at a press conference at the KFOR military headquarters in capital Pristina on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 during his visit to Kosovo. (Associated Press)

Ukraine: Rebels still attacking despite alleged cease-fire

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

France's President Francois Hollande, right, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, stand on the front steps of the Elysee Palace, prior to a meeting, in Paris, Friday, Feb. 20, 2015. Merkel is in Paris to discuss the crisis in eastern Ukraine and the economic stability of the eurozone. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Ukranian bishop meets with Pope Francis as country’s crisis rages on

By Elise Harris - Catholic News Agency

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a government meeting in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

BRUCE FEIN: Vladimir Putin’s Ukrainian sepulcher

By Bruce Fein