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** FILE ** In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, file photo Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych speaks during a press conference in Kiev, Ukraine. Yanukovych is taking sick leave on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, as the country's political crisis continues without signs of resolution. (AP Photo/Mykhailo Markiv, Pool)

Ukrainian president takes sick leave amid crisis

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, arrives at the Capitol as the Senate votes to approve a $1.1 trillion spending package, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, a bipartisan compromise that all but banishes the likelihood of an election-year government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. The legislation is a follow-up to the budget compromise the two parties pushed through Congress in December that set overall spending limits for the next two years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Cruz rips Putin’s Human Rights record, demands more U.S. leadership

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Taking harder line with Putin

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People speak to police officers as they block a street in central Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko headed for talks with the Ukrainian president on Tuesday after yet another night of violent street clashes between anti-government protesters and police. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukraine protesters being spied on through cell phones, reports say

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

An elderly protestor prepares to throw a stone, during clashes with police, in central Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. Protesters erected barricades from charred vehicles and other materials in central Kiev as the sound of stun grenades were heard in the freezing air as police tried to quell anti-government street protests. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Amid clashes, unclear roadmap for peace in Kiev

By Maria Danilova - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: Tom Clancy’s final thriller

By Joseph C. Goulden - Special to The Washinton Times

Chilling: In 2007, explorers in the oil-rich Arctic dropped two miniature submarines more than 2 miles beneath the ice at the North Pole to plant a Russian flag on the ocean floor. (Associated Press)

U.S. Cold War rivals China, Russia step up challenges to Obama’s Asia pivot

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

DeMINT: Forsaking friends in Ukraine

By Jim DeMint

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Forsaking friends in Ukraine

By Jim DeMint - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

FIELDS: No pumpkin for Putin

By Suzanne Fields

Russian President Vladimir Putin reacts during a news conference after meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych in Moscow on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow has agreed to sharply cut the price for its natural gas supplies to Ukraine and will buy $15 billion worth of Ukrainian government bonds, but says there was no discussion about Ukraine joining a free trade pact of three ex-Soviet nations. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Putin: Russia to buy $15 billion in Ukraine bonds

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Sen. John McCain (center) greets well-wishers as he arrives to visit a pro-European Union rally in Independence Square in Kiev on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. About 200,000 anti-government demonstrators converged on the central square of Ukraine's capital in a dramatic demonstration that the opposition's morale remains strong after nearly four weeks of daily protests. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

John McCain, in Kiev, tells protesters that Ukraine is ‘inspiring the world’

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

About 200,000 pro-European Union activists rally in Independence Square in Kiev on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukrainian opposition presses with massive rally

By Maria Danilova and Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

Pro-European Union activists warm themselves in front of barricades at their tent camp in Independence Square in Kiev on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. Ukraine was thrown into crisis last month when President Viktor Yanukovych suddenly backed away from a long-awaited political and economic agreement with the European Union, deciding to focus instead on restoring trade ties with Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

U.S. threatens Ukraine with sanctions over dispatch of riot police

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Echoes of Cold War in Ukraine as Russia tries to rein in former Soviet satellites

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Pro-European Union activists guard barricades near the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, early Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. Ukraine was thrown into crisis last month when President Viktor Yanukovych suddenly backed away from a long-awaited political and economic agreement with the European Union, deciding to focus instead on restoring trade ties with Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

KUHNER: Ukraine’s second Orange Revolution

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing last week. Mr. Yanukovych's visit is aimed at gaining Chinese support for Ukraine's battered economy. The country's economic malaise has helped fuel ongoing protests in Kiev. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Inside China: Ukraine gets nuclear umbrella

By Miles Yu

Pro-European Union activists wave flags celebrating riot police leaving form the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. Security forces clashed with protesters as they began tearing down opposition barricades and tents set up in the center of the Ukrainian capital early Wednesday, in an escalation of the weeks-long standoff threatening the leadership of President Viktor Yanukovych. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukraine police cave as Kiev protests explodes

By Jim Heintz and Maria Danilova - Associated Press