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CAS upholds disqualification of Dnipro

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Ukraine’s parliament accepts resignation of defense minister as troops withdraw from Crimea

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In this photo taken with a fisheye lens and long exposure, the Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-12M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS) blasts off over an antenna at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. The Russian rocket carries U.S. astronaut Steven Swanson, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Russian rocket launches with American on board

By DMITRY LOVETSKY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2013, file photo Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. speaks at a news conference and Capitol Hill in Washington. Lithuania's energy minister pleaded with U.S. officials Tuesday to release natural gas resources into the world market to counter Russian influence in his country across Europe. Lithuania is completely dependent on Russia for natural gas and pays 30 percent more than other European countries, the energy minister told senators at a hearing Tuesday. &quot;This is not just unfair. This is abuse.'' Landrieu held the hearing Tuesday _ her first hearing as chair of the Senate energy panel _ to focus on economic and foreign policy benefits of exporting natural gas. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Senate hears pleas for gas exports to Europe

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Activists stand guard during a pro Russian rally at a central square in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, March 23, 2014. About 5,000 people demonstrated in Donetsk in favor of holding a referendum on secession and absorption into Russia similar to Crimea's. A statue of Lenin, Soviet Union's first president, is seen in the background. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukraine orders troop pullout from Crimea

By LAURA MILLS and PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

President Barack Obama, center rear, gathered with G7 world leaders clockwise from center left, European Council president Herman Van Rompuy, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday March 24, 2014, in the sidelines of the Nuclear security Summit. In a day of delicate diplomacy he sought to rally the international community Monday around efforts to isolate Russia following its incursion into Ukraine. Nuclear terrorism was the official topic as Obama and other world leaders streamed in to a convention center in The Hague for a two-day Nuclear Security Summit. But the real focus was on a hurriedly scheduled meeting of the Group of Seven industrialized economies to address the crisis in Ukraine on the sidelines of the nuclear summit. (AP Photo/Jerry Lampen, POOL)

U.S., Ukraine refuse to recognize Russia’s seizure of Crimea

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

LYONS: How the Obama doctrine reveals the president’s weakness

By James A. Lyons

President Barack Obama, center, and two secret service agents are silhouetted as he walks toward Marine One helicopter upon arrival at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport, Netherlands, Monday March 24, 2014. Obama will attend the two-day Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, POOL)

Russia dominates, but Obama trip broadens outreach

By JIM KUHNHENN - Associated Press

President Barack Obama, center rear, gathered with G7 world leaders clockwise from center left, European Council president Herman Van Rompuy, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday March 24, 2014, in the sidelines of the Nuclear security Summit. (AP Photo/Jerry Lampen, POOL)

Ukraine pulls out troops in Crimea as Group of Eight boots Russia

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Local citizens wave flags symbolizing the Soviet victory in WWII and Russian flags gather in support of Eastern Pro-Russian Ukrainians in their fight against Ukrainian government in Simferopol, Crimea on Monday, March 24, 2014. Ukraine's fledgling government ordered troops to pull back Monday from Crimea, ending days of wavering as Russian forces stormed and seized bases on the peninsula.(AP Photo/Max Vetrov)

Reid slams GOP over Crimea; Senate bill advances

By BRADLEY KLAPPER - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and businessman and billionaire Arkady Rotenberg, right, mourn during the farewell ceremony of Putin's first judo coach, Anatoly Rakhlin in St. Petersburg, Russia. President Barack Obama on Thursday expanded U.S. economic sanctions against Moscow over its actions in Ukraine, targeting President Vladimir Putin's chief of staff and 19 other individuals as well as a Russian bank that provides them support. Those named in the sanctions Thursday, March 20, 2014, include Arkady Rotenberg lifelong Putin friend whose company has amassed billions of dollars in government contracts. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Judo federation defends Russian sanctioned by US

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Kirk set to introduce cybersecurity measure

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President Barack Obama, center rear, gathered with G7 world leaders clockwise from center left, European Council president Herman Van Rompuy, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday March 24, 2014, in the sidelines of the Nuclear security Summit. (AP Photo/Jerry Lampen, POOL)

Western nations, Japan move to isolate Russia as G-8 becomes G-7

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Acting Ukraine Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia speaks about the situation in Ukraine during a press statement at the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, at the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Foreign minister: Ukrainians ready to defend homeland

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

UVM experts to discuss Ukraine, Crimea

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Opposition leader and former WBC heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, center, addresses protesters near the burning barricades between police and protesters in central Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday Jan. 23, 2014. Klitschko dove behind the wall of black smoke engulfing much of downtown Kiev on Thursday, pleading with both police and protesters to uphold the peace until the ultimatum, demanding that Yanukovych dismiss the government, call early elections and scrap harsh anti-protest legislation that triggered the violence. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

LOVERRO: With Klitschko brothers, boxing and politics intersect again

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

Colonel Yuly Mamchur, right, holds flowers as other Ukrainian airmen line up to greet their comrades who arrived to celebrate their wedding at the Belbek airbase outside Sevastopol, Crimea, on Saturday, March 22, 2014. Two young Lieutenants, medic Galina Volosyanchik and communication officer Ivan Benera got married today and arrived to their unit for a short celebration as Russian troops continue to occupy part of the airbase and demand surrender of Ukrainian airmen. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Ukraine says top commander held after base stormed

By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

Deja Vu: About 5,000 people demonstrated Sunday in Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, in favor of holding a referendum on secession and absorption into Russia, just as Crimeans did earlier this month before their region was annexed. President Obama this week will work for a united front against Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Associated Press)

A Ukraine divide: Congress, world leaders debate how to counter Russia

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

People watch fireworks at the central Nakhimov square in Sevastopol, Crimea, on Friday, March 21, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin completed the annexation of Crimea on Friday, signing a law making the Black Sea peninsula part of Russia. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)

Ukraine’s east rallies for secession referendum

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press