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President Barack Obama speaks to the media about the situation in Ukraine while meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto at the state government palace in Toluca, Mexico Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. The president said &quot;there will be consequences&quot; for violence in Ukraine if people step over the line. Saying that includes making sure that the military doesn't step into a situation that civilians should resolve. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama threatens consequences for Ukraine violence

By JIM KUHNHENN - Associated Press

Ukraine's Dmytro Mytsak finishes the first run of the men's giant slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

Ukraine crisis felt among athletes at Olympics

By TIM DAHLBERG and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

France's Renaud Lavillenie, center, celebrates after setting a new world indoor record of 6.16 meters while legendary Sergey Bubka, left, congratulates the winner at the &quot;Pole Vault Stars&quot; event at Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. Lavillenie broke Sergei Bubka's 21-year-old indoor pole vault world record. (AP Photo)

Bubka calls for halt to violence in Ukraine

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

Pole vault great and Ukraine Olympic head Sergei Bubka calls for halt to violence in Ukraine

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Russia defenseman Andrei Markov, left, and forward Pavel Datsyuk react after Russia lost 3-1 to Finland in a men's quarterfinal ice hockey game at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Russia loses shot at Olympic hockey gold

By DAVID PACE - Associated Press

In this Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to questions during his visit to Cherepovets about 470 km ( 290 miles) north from Moscow. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

ROBERTS: As Putin eyes Ukraine, Obama must not blink

By James M. Roberts

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach sit at a cafe along the promenade on the Black Sea near the Olympic Park at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Bach praises ‘great dignity’ of Ukrainian athletes

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An anti-government protester walks away during clashes with riot police in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. The deadly clashes in Ukraine’s capital have drawn sharp reactions from Washington, generated talk of possible European Union sanctions and led to a Kremlin statement blaming Europe and the West. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

IOC rejects Ukraine request to wear black armbands

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An anti-government protester runs during clashes with riot police in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Thousands of police armed with stun grenades and water cannons attacked a large opposition camp in Ukraine's capital on Tuesday that has been the center of nearly three months of anti-government protests after at least nine people were killed in street clashes. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

At least 18 killed in Kiev as riot police clash with anti-government protestors

By Maria Danilova - Associated Press

RAHN: Russian meddling in Ukraine could trigger financial turmoil

By Richard W. Rahn

Slovakia's Anastasiya Kuzmina competes to win the gold medal in the women's biathlon 7.5k sprint, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Kuzmina takes 20-second lead into Olympic pursuit

By ERIC WILLEMSEN - Associated Press

Demonstrators angered by more than two months of anti-government protests in Kiev gather on Khreschatyk street in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. Thousands of people angered by months of anti-government protests in the Ukrainian capital converged on one of the protesters' barricades Saturday, but retreated after meeting sizeable resistance. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Ukraine: Political crisis won’t derail 2022 bid

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

Passengers of private Turkish company Pegasus leave the plane at the Sabiha Gokcen Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. An official says authorities have subdued a man who attempted to hijack a Turkish plane to Sochi, Russia, and that the other passengers have been evacuated. Huseyin Avni Mutlu, the Istanbul governor, says on Twitter that "the operation has ended." In another tweet Friday, he said all passengers were evacuated "without any problems."(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Foiled Sochi hijack attempt was over Ukrainian prisoners

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U.S. Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland, center, gestures as she and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt, right, walk through the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. Top Western diplomats headed to Kiev Tuesday to try to defuse a standoff between President Viktor Yanukovych's government and thousands of demonstrators, following a night in which police in riot gear dismantled protesters' encampments outside government buildings. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

State Dept. caught on tape saying ‘F*** the E.U.’; Russian bugging suspected

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: EU wise to court Ukraine?

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BAKURIA: Ukraine borrows Georgia’s murderous playbook

By Tsotne Bakuria

Heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko speaks during an interview at the Associated Press in New York, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. Klitschko will face Alex Leapai, a native of Samoa who lives in Australia, on April 26, 2014 in Oberhausen, Germany. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

Boxer Klitschko draws attention to Ukraine crisis

By DAVE BRYAN - Associated Press

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014 in Munich, southern Germany. The annual meeting was set to deal with thorny international issues, from the Syrian war and Ukraine's turmoil to Iran's nuclear program and US online surveillance. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski ,Pool)

Kerry: I see a ‘disturbing trend’ of governments trampling rights in Europe

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks during an interview with Germany's ARD television in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia will not be isolated over its conduct in Georgia and warned the Europe not to "serve" the United States. He also stressed Russia does not fear any Western sanctions, saying that if forced to choose between life and sausage, "we choose life." (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)

Russia slams West’s support for Ukraine opposition

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