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A soldier guards the Volgograd main railway station in Volgograd, Russia early Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. A bomb blast tore through a trolleybus in the city of Volgograd on Monday morning, killing at least 10 people a day after a suicide bombing that killed at least 17 at the city's main railway station. Volgograd is about 650 kilometers (400 miles) northeast of Sochi, where the Olympics are to be held. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)

Suicide bombings send shivers through Russia as Sochi Olympics near

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

In this photo made by a public camera and made available by the Associated Press Television News smoke pours out after an explosion at Volgograd railway station, in Volograd Russia on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013. More then a dozen people were killed and scores were wounded Sunday by a suicide bomber at a railway station in southern Russia, officials said, heightening concern about terrorism ahead of February's Olympics in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. (AP Photo/ Associated Press Television News)

Female suicide bomber in Russia kills at least 14 at railway station

Associated Press

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Forsaking friends in Ukraine

By Jim DeMint - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

DeMINT: Forsaking friends in Ukraine

By Jim DeMint

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Putin gives ringing endorsement to NSA spying

Associated Press

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

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a state of the nation address in the Kremlin in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Vladimir Putin defends Russian conservative values

By Nataliya Vasilyeva and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

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

Vladimir Putin orders military to boost presence in Arctic

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Reporters listen to Russian President Vladimir Putin's speech, displayed on a large TV screen at a press room in a live broadcast as he answers a question during a meeting with the All-Russia Popular Front at the Academy of State Service in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, pool)

‘Ministry of Truth?’: Putin creates new Russian news agency led by firebrand broadcaster

By Marc Bennetts - Special to The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Help Ukraine join European Union

By our readers

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

LOZANSKY: Toward a new pragmatism on Russia

By Edward Lozansky

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a joint press conference with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. Sharif said Saturday that the recent release of a senior Taliban leader shows he is committed to helping bring peace to Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Embassy Row: ‘Zero is not an option’ in Afghanistan

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he meets the media during a bilateral meeting between Italy and Russia, in Trieste, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Putin outflanks his foes at home, Obama abroad

By By Marc Bennetts - Special to The Washington Times

Pope Francis and Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shake hands for the media on the occasion of their private audience at the Vatican, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. Putin and Francis met privately for 35 minutes Monday evening in the pope's private library. (AP Photo/Claudio Peri, Pool)

Pope picks powerful Putin for summit as Obama hobnobs with celebs in Hollywood

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Surrender on Iranian sanctions

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill visit an exhibition, "Orthodox Russia and the Romanovs," devoted to the 400-year anniversary of Russian Emperor family rule, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Pope Francis poised to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin to bolster church ties

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times