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In this Jan. 15, 2015 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, left, talks with Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, before holding a joint news conference in Sofia, Bulgaria Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. Kerry visited Bulgaria to push for a new gas spur and press an American company's bid to build a new nuclear plant there. Bulgaria relies on Russia for 85 percent of its gas and all of its nuclear power. Its prices, among NATO&#8217;s highest, are a concern within the alliance, which prides itself on winning the Cold War. (AP Photo/Rick Wilking, Pool)

U.S., Russia at odds over energy in Cold War-style conflict

By Bradley Klapper and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

In this May 2012 photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning cruises for a test on the sea. (Associated Press/Xinhua, Li Tang) **FILE**

China reportedly building second aircraft carrier

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Hungary on Monday that her nation will not provide military hardware to Ukraine and asserted that the war with Russia-backed forces "cannot be solved militarily." (Associated Press)

Obama weighs lethal military aid to embattled Ukraine

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Smoke still rises from a destroyed house that was damaged in Saturday's shelling in the Vostochniy district of Mariupol, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. At least 5,100 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine since fighting began in April 2014, but violence this week was the most intense since a cease-fire deal was signed in September. Mariupol, a strategic port city on the Black Sea still controlled by Ukrainian forces, has been a symbolic bulwark against the separatist advance that if captured by the rebels would give them a land corridor to Russia-controlled Crimea. The city had been relatively quiet for months before Saturday's attack.(AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Russia sanctions fail to stop Ukraine fighting

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin wears special glasses as he visits a research facility of the St. Petersburg State University in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. In televised comments after a meeting with students in St. Petersburg, President Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine&#8217;s army was at fault for the increase in violence and accused it of using civilians as &#8220;cannon fodder&#8221; in the conflict. &#8220;(Ukraine&#8217;s army) is not even an army, it&#8217;s a foreign legion, in this case a foreign NATO legion,&#8221; Putin said. &#8220;They have totally different goals, connected to the geopolitical containment of Russia, which absolutely do not coincide with the national interests of the Ukrainian people.&#8221; (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Andrei Kelin, Russian envoy: ‘Big catastrophe’ may ensue if West’s Ukraine support continues

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, photo, pro-Russian rebels stand on guard near their position in the Donetsk airport in Donetsk, Eastern Ukraine. Russian-backed separatists announced Thursday they had captured the shattered remains of the Donetsk airport terminal and plan to claw back more territory, further dashing hopes for a lasting peace agreement. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine may get ‘terrorist’ designation by EU

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Azerbaijan: Time for consistent U.S. policy toward Azerbaijan in a post-Soviet world

By Alex Vatanka

Saturday's rocket strikes at Mariupol, Ukraine destroyed a market and killed 30 people. (Associated Press)

Mariupol, Ukraine residents defiant as Russia threat looms over crucial export hub

By Filip Warwick - Special to The Washington Times

Pro-Russian rebels help a priest to put bodies of killed Ukrainian soldiers in a truck on a check point captured by pro-Russian rebels at the town of Krasniy Partizan, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. The fighting continues despite several cease fire declarations. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

Pro-Russian separatists launch offensive; rockets kill 30 in Ukrainian city

By Peter Leonard - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. Russia's foreign minister said Wednesday that talks with his counterparts from Ukraine, France and Germany will focus on situation in the Eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, says Ukraine talks should focus on frontline

By Vladimir Isachenkov and Mstyslav Chernov - Associated Press

Russia is increasing military operations in eastern Ukraine, but the U.S. and NATO have not supplied urgently needed lethal weaponry to the Ukrainian army. Moscow has proposed restoring an agreed line of division to end an escalation of fighting. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Russians advance on Ukraine

By Bill Gertz

In this Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 file photo, Polish soldiers, background, and and British soldiers take part in joint military exercise in Swietoszow, Poland. The British-led exercise involved more than 1,000 British troops making it the largest British commitment sent to Eastern Europe since 2008 and is part of NATO&#8217;s reaction to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

U.S. Army commander in Europe heads to Ukraine

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - This is a Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 file photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Francois Hollande, right, during a meeting on the sidelines of the ASEM summit of European and Asian leaders in Milan, northern Italy. EU sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine are cutting both ways and pinching some big European companies. But economic relief isn't likely any time soon, diplomats and analysts say: EU rules make the sanctions tough to overturn. France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine are trying to set up talks in Astana, Kazakhstan, toward easing the tensions behind sanctions that have hit Russia's economy, sent the ruble sinking and affected corporate Europe _ including banks, oil companies, machinery makers and food giants. (AP Photo/Daniel Dal Zennaro, Pool, File)

Despite pressure, EU’s sanctions against Russia could last

By Jamey Keaten and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk gestures, during a press conference in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia: Ukraine’s import of U.S. nuclear fuel risky

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Russian President Vladimir Putin's Strategy Chess Bear (Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times)

STEPHEN BLANK: Vladimir Putin Ukraine objective is power to dominate all of Europe

By Stephen Blank

Radio host and columnist Armstrong Williams. (Image courtesy of New Chapter Publisher)

ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Islamic State, Ferguson, Ukraine, comet landing: Top news in 2014

By Armstrong Williams

Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles during a live video link with members of Russian Geographical Society expedition to the Southern Pole in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia on Friday, Dec. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

New Russian military doctrine says NATO top threat

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, photo, Sergei Baryshnikov, the new pro-Russian head of Donetsk National University, speaks in his office at the university in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Baryshnikov, who stayed behind in Donetsk to head up the rebel-controlled university, said work is now afoot to modify the curriculum in line with the evolving situation. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko)

Ukraine’s rebel university goes Russian

By Balint Szlanko - Associated Press