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President Obama rejected Sunday the notion that Russia outmaneuvered the U.S. in a geopolitical chess match. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama: Putin hasn’t ‘rolled me,’ economic sanctions on Russia have worked

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with members of the Night Wolves biker group in the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine, July 12, 2012. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Vladimir Putin pals, ‘Night Wolves’ biker gang, sanctioned by U.S.

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. The Russian economy will rebound and the ruble will stabilize, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday at his annual press conference, he also said Ukraine must remain one political entity, voicing hope that the crisis could be solved through peace talks. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Vladimir Putin: West is trying to ‘defang’ the Russian bear

By Laura Mills and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks to military members and families at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, in Wrightstown, N.J., in this Dec. 15, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Obama to sign bill imposing more Russia sanctions

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin stands for a minute of silence at the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Russia’s Sergei Ryabkov vows retaliation for any new U.S. sanctions

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Obama says Putin not holding ‘good cards’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

(AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

KIM HOLMES: With Putin’s hand getting weaker, time to watch out

By Kim R. Holmes - The Washington Times

Illustration on political economic corruption in Ukraine by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

RICHARD RAHN: Ukraine facing bankruptcy

By Richard W. Rahn

In this Oct. 23, 1983, file photo, British soldiers give a hand in rescue operations at the site of the bomb-wrecked U.S. Marine command center near the Beirut airport, Lebanon. A bomb-laden truck drove into the center collapsing the entire four story building. The blast _ the single deadliest attack on U.S. forces abroad since World War II _ claimed the lives of 241 American service members. (AP Photo/Bill Foley, File)

BRUCE FEIN: War is the problem, not the solution

By Bruce Fein

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual state of the nation address in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. Russian President Putin has defended the Kremlin's aggressive foreign policy, saying the actions are necessary for his country's survival. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Putin’s push to reinstate Soviet power will grow, ex-CIA chief says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy hospital ship Peace Ark. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Inside China: Money dispute with Kiev threatens future Chinese arms buys

By Miles Yu

Computer users sit near a display with a message from the Chinese police on the proper use of the Internet at an Internet cafe in Beijing, China, in this Aug. 19, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Inside the Ring: China: A cyberwarring state

By Bill Gertz

People walk past a display with currency exchange rates at Kievskaya (Kiev's) railway station in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. Poor and middle-class Russians are increasingly challenging government insistence that a 40 percent drop in the value of the ruble _ now worth a record low of 54 to the dollar _ will affect mainly the rich. Russia&#8217;s economy has been battered this year by uncertainty over the conflict in Ukraine, the falling price of oil, Western sanctions and retaliatory Russian import bans which have poor and middle-class Russians feeling the pinch. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Western sanctions, ruble crash hit Russians hard

By Laura Mills - Associated Press

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko, right, celebrates with Arseniy Yatsenyuk after Yatsenyuk was appointed as Prime Minister during the opening first session of the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014. Parliament in Ukraine has opened for its first session since an election last month that ushered in a spate of pro-Western parties. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko, Pool)

Ukraine gets loan to modernize gas pipelines

By Peter Leonard - Associated Press

Military honour guard stand outside the main building of the new Presidential Palace complex after a welcome ceremony for Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Putin arrived in Turkey for a one-day visit and met with Erdogan at his huge new palace on once-protected farm land and forest in Ankara, becoming the second foreign dignitary after the Pope Francis to be hosted at the lavish, 1000-room complex.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Putin says Russia will scrap South Stream pipeline

By Suzan Fraser and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

In this Sept. 12, 2014 photo, Yury Decyatnik poses for a photo as he holds his immigration paperwork in Seattle. Decyatnik has been under a final order of removal from the United States for years, but he was born in the Ukraine when it was part of the Soviet Union, so there is no country to take him back if he were to be deported. (AP Photo/Chris Grygiel)

Stateless immigrant desperate to leave US

By Manuel Valdes - Associated Press

The Christmas tree in front of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, Tuesday Nov. 25, 2014. Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has a Christmas tree this year thanks to an unusual patron: the Russian government. Amid high tensions between Russia and the West over violence in Ukraine, Russia’s ambassador to France says the “tree is a message of peace.” (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Who’s behind Christmas tree at Paris’ Notre Dame?

Associated Press

Alexander Zakharchenko, Prime Minister of the self proclaimed 'Donetsk People's Republic', centre, surrounded by pro-Russian rebels, walks in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Russia provides ‘backbone’ to Ukrainian rebels: NATO commander

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, and Myroslava Gongadze, wife of murdered opposition journalist Heorhiy Gongadze lay flowers in honor of the protesters who were killed in clashes with the police during the demonstrations in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. The protests known as Euromaidan were sparked by then President Viktor Yanukovych's decision in November 2013 to freeze ties with the West and tilt toward Moscow. The protests drew hundreds of thousands, leading to a bloody crackdown by security forces in late February 2014 and the eventual ouster of Yanukovych as he fled to neighboring Russia. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

SUGHED Joe Biden dodges angry crowd at Ukraine memorial

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times