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Smoke still rises from a destroyed house that was damaged in Saturday's shelling in the Vostochniy district of Mariupol, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. At least 5,100 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine since fighting began in April 2014, but violence this week was the most intense since a cease-fire deal was signed in September. Mariupol, a strategic port city on the Black Sea still controlled by Ukrainian forces, has been a symbolic bulwark against the separatist advance that if captured by the rebels would give them a land corridor to Russia-controlled Crimea. The city had been relatively quiet for months before Saturday's attack.(AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Russia sanctions fail to stop Ukraine fighting

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton laughs after people questioned about a presidential run while she speaks to a crowd in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Liam Richards)

Hillary Clinton mocks Vladimir Putin with voice impersonation: ‘Excellent, excellent idea’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this July 25, 2013, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, arrives at the cemeteries of fallen fighters of the Korean People's Army (KPA) in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un mulls Russia for his world debut

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 file photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Francois Hollande, right, during a meeting on the sidelines of the ASEM summit of European and Asian leaders in Milan, northern Italy. EU sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine are cutting both ways and pinching some big European companies. But economic relief isn't likely any time soon, diplomats and analysts say: EU rules make the sanctions tough to overturn. France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine are trying to set up talks in Astana, Kazakhstan, toward easing the tensions behind sanctions that have hit Russia's economy, sent the ruble sinking and affected corporate Europe _ including banks, oil companies, machinery makers and food giants. (AP Photo/Daniel Dal Zennaro, Pool, File)

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Putin’s Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?’

By Aram Bakshian Jr.

Cuba Diversion from Iran Nukes Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

JAMES LYONS: Cuba appeasement diverts attention from Iran nuclear weapons capability

By James A. Lyons

Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles during a live video link with members of Russian Geographical Society expedition to the Southern Pole in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia on Friday, Dec. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Vladimir Putin to Obama: Our shared mission is ‘international stability’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Russian opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny, 38, second right, and his brother Oleg Navalny, left, enter into the cage at a court in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption campaigner who is a leading foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been found guilty of fraud and given a suspended sentence of three and a half years. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Thousands of people near Russia’s Kremlin protesting Alexei Navalny’s conviction

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives thumbs up during a live video link with Plesetsk Cosmodrome, as he watches a launch of Angara-A5 rocket booster in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service) **FILE**

CHARLES ORTEL: Putin’s ominous moves along Obama’s road to global war, economic collapse in 2015

By Charles Ortel

Russian opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny, 38, arrives at a court in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. Navalny, the anti-corruption campaigner who is a leading foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found guilty of fraud and given a suspended sentence of three and a half years on Tuesday.(AP Photo/Alexander Khitrov)

Vladimir Putin foe Alexei Navalny found guilty of fraud

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Strategy Chess Bear (Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times)

STEPHEN BLANK: Vladimir Putin Ukraine objective is power to dominate all of Europe

By Stephen Blank

Radio host and columnist Armstrong Williams. (Image courtesy of New Chapter Publisher)

ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Islamic State, Ferguson, Ukraine, comet landing: Top news in 2014

By Armstrong Williams

"This is a question of values. We cannot let America become a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of people struggle to get by," said President Obama. (Associated Press)

JANE ORIENT: Obama ‘core values’ put American good, bad on equal levels

By Jane M. Orient

Vladimir Putin pulls plug on New Year’s holiday for government ministers over economic crisis

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

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

CHARLES ORTEL: Obama’s current and future Russia quandary

By Charles Ortel

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, left with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, heads a meeting with senior military officials in the Defense Ministry's control room in Moscow, Russia on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Vladimir Putin calls for bolstered Russian secret services

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

Vladimir Putin mocks reporter for being ‘drunk’ — but is really a stroke survivor

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin seen gesturing in a camera viewfinder during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Vladimir Putin stars in dramatic video spot: ‘The bear never asks permission’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times