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McFaul: Annexation of Ukraine demands new sanctions on Russia

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

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Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin in Moscow on March 18, 2014. Putin signed a treaty to incorporate Crimea into Russia, describing the move as the restoration of historic injustice and a necessary response to what he called the Western encroachment on Russia’s vital interests. (Associated Press)

NATO allies criticize U.S. for being caught off guard by Russia’s military buildup

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama (right) and Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney exchange views during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., on Oct. 16, 2012. (Associated Press)

Romney: Obama failed to act on Russia ‘when action was possible, and needed’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses the Federation Council in Moscow's Kremlin on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. President Vladimir Putin defended Russia&#8217;s move to annex Crimea, saying that the rights of ethnic Russians have been abused by the Ukrainian government. He pointed at the example of Kosovo&#8217;s independence bid supported by the West, and said that Crimea&#8217;s secession from Ukraine repeated Ukraine&#8217;s own secession from the Soviet Union in 1991. (AP Photo/Sergei Ilnitsky, pool)

Russia signs treaty seizing Crimea

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Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

POPADIUK: Putin’s Crimea takeaway

By Roman Popadiuk

**FILE** Mikhail Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, speaks March 6, 2014, to a pro-Ukraine rally while walking through Dublin on his way to the convention center. Saakashvili arrived to participate in the European People's Party Congress. About 2,000 delegates gathered at Dublin to attend the congress. (Associated Press)

Ex-Georgian leader warns: Putin won’t stop at Ukraine

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Ukraine: 1 serviceman killed in Crimean storming

Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a treaty for Crimea to join Russia during a signing ceremony after his addressing the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a treaty to incorporate Crimea into Russia, describing the move as the restoration of historic injustice and a necessary response to what he called the Western encroachment on Russia’s vital interests.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin signs treaty to add Crimea to map of Russia

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

From left, Olena Grygorii, Taras Firman, and Igor Ivaskiv, all native of Ternopil, western Ukraine, join Ukrainians and their supporters at a rally to protest Russian President Putin's "invasion of Ukraine and aggression in the region" Thursday, March 6, 2014, in front of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama declared Thursday that a referendum in 10 days on the future of a Ukraine's Crimea peninsula would violate international law. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

LAMBRO: U.S. sanctions on Russia over Crimea incursion are toothless

By Donald Lambro

Pro-Russian people celebrate in the central square in Sevastopol, Ukraine, late Sunday, March 16, 2014. Russian flags fluttered above jubilant crowds Sunday after residents in Crimea voted overwhelmingly to secede from Ukraine and join Russia. The United States and Europe condemned the ballot as illegal and destabilizing and were expected to slap sanctions against Russia for it.(AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)

Final Crimea count: 97 percent back Russia

Associated Press

Pro-Ukrainian activists demonstrate during an EU foreign ministers meeting outside the EU Council in Brussels, Monday, March 17, 2014. British Foreign Secretary William Hague says he is confident that the European Union will ratchet up pressure on Russia over its role in the breakaway of Ukraine's Crimea region by imposing sanctions on people linked to the secession of the peninsula. The 28-nation EU condemned the Crimea referendum which overwhelmingly backed a return to Russia, and the EU foreign ministers were assessing on Monday who to target for asset freezes and travel bans. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

East vs West Ukraine conflict not a new Cold War

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Sen. Hoeven to discuss Ukraine trip

Associated Press

U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., center, speaks during a news conference in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, March 15, 2014. McCain and a team of seven other senators concluded their visit in Kiev on Saturday with a news conference in which they reaffirmed their support to the interim Ukrainian government. (AP Photo/David Azia)

McCain: Obama response to Ukraine almost as weak as ‘doing nothing’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

White House lumps Russia in with Syria, North Korea

The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about Ukraine, Monday, March 17, 2014, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. The president imposed sanctions against Russian officials, including advisers to President Vladimir Putin, for their support of Crimea's vote to secede from Ukraine. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Mockery greets Obama’s new sanctions against Russian officials after Crimea action

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Christopher Murphy, Connecticut Democrat. (Associated Press)

Sen. Murphy: Putin ‘making this up as we go along’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama speaks about Ukraine, Monday, March 17, 2014, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/ Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House lumps Russia in with Syria, N. Korea

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times