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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during an awards ceremony in Sochi on Monday, March 17, 2014. Putin is set to speak to both houses of parliament Tuesday about the results of Sunday's referendum in Crimea, in which its residents voted overwhelmingly to break off from Ukraine and join Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Russia to embrace Crimea ‘swiftly’; poll shows Putin’s popularity soaring

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his meeting with Russian athletes, winners of the cross country 4x2.5km open relay, at the 2014 Winter Paralympic, Saturday, March 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Putin’s Games end under a Crimean cloud

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics at the Fisht Olympic stadium in Sochi, Russia, Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

ORTEL: In Ukraine, Putin sets referendum on Western progress

By Charles Ortel

Democratic candidate, U.S. Rep. Christopher S. Murphy, Connecticut Democrat, makes his case during a debate against Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Linda McMahon in Hartford. The two are vying for the seat of retiring Joe Lieberman. (Associated Press)

Sen. Murphy: ‘Sham referendum’ in Ukraine ‘isn’t fooling anyone’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

The head of Crimea's Russia-backed leader Sergei Aksyonov gestures as people celebrate in Lenin Square, in downtown Simferopol, Ukraine, Sunday, March 16, 2014. Polls have closed in Crimea's contentious referendum on seceding from Ukraine and seeking annexation by Russia. The vote, unrecognized both by the Ukrainian government and the West, was held Sunday as Russian flags fluttered in the breeze and retirees grew weepy at the thought of reuniting with Russia. (AP Photo/Max Vetrov)

Crimea votes in favor of secession; U.S. rejects

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

New England editorial roundup

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

CHARLES: The familiar feel of the Iron Curtain

By Robert B. Charles

Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2014, before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Related Programs hearing on the State Department's fiscal 2015 budget. In his opening remarks Kerry spoke about the Ukraine and other current foreign relation issues. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Kerry warns of ‘very serious’ response to Crimea-Russia alliance

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on economic issues in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in Sochi, Russia, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Kremlin blocks opposition websites; Kasparov fears Putin plans ‘something drastic’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

**FILE** Retired Marine Corps Gen. James L. Jones testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 6, 2007. (Associated Press)

James Jones: Rejecting Keystone pipeline would embolden Putin

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on economic issues in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in Sochi, Russia, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Putin thanks Paralympics for eschewing politics

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

A man looks at the posters during the International poster campaign to support Ukraine in center Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, March, 12, 2014. U.S. President Barack Obama is hosting the new Ukrainian prime minister at the White House on Wednesday a gesture aimed at rebuking Russia and cementing the West's allegiance to Ukraine's fledgling government. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine accuses Russia of military buildup

By MARIA DANILOVA - Associated Press

In this photo taken Saturday, March 8, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin watches downhill ski competition of the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Roza Khutor mountain district of Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Ukrainian PM accuses Putin of wanting war

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Tuesday, March 11, 2014, men debate as people gather in a pro Russian camp in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine. The breakup of the Soviet Union and harsh economic realities of the market haven’t been kind to many local employers. Residents say many factories, including the locomotive works, have had to drastically cut both payrolls and production. Since Russian troops rolled into Crimea, and lawmakers there scheduled a referendum for Sunday on whether to join Russia, the world’s attention has focused on the fate of the lush peninsula that juts into the Black Sea. But here in Ukraine’s coal-fired industrial east, where Russians have lived for more than two centuries, a potent mix of economic depression, ethnic solidarity and nostalgia for the certainties of the Soviet past have many demanding the right to become part of Russia as well (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

In Ukraine’s east, some beg for Russian iron hand

By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG - Associated Press

CIA Director John O. Brennan speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Washington. The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday the CIA improperly searched a stand-alone computer network established for Congress in its investigation of allegations of CIA abuse in a Bush-era detention and interrogation program and the agency's own inspector general has referred the matter to the Justice Department for possible legal action. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Brennan: Russia ‘absolutely’ could invade eastern Ukraine

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Barack participates in a bilateral meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia at the Esperanza Resort in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, June 18, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Reset? What reset? U.S.-Russia ties at worst since Cold War

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

A woman holds a banner that reads: &quot;Putin is Occupier&quot; during a rally against the breakup of the country in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. The Crimean parliament voted Tuesday that the Black Sea peninsula will declare itself an independent state if its residents agree to split off from Ukraine and join Russia in a referendum. Crimea's regional legislature on Tuesday adopted a &quot;declaration of independence of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.&quot; The document specified that Crimea will become an independent state if its residents vote on Sunday in favor of joining Russia in the referendum. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Crimea’s parliament pushes for independence

By MIKE ECKEL - Associated Press

West Virginia editorial roundup

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

MAY: An alternative to punishing Putin over Ukraine

By Clifford D. May

Illustration by Paul Tong/Tribune Content Agency

LOZANSKY: World War III over Ukraine, anyone?

By Edward Lozansky