Ongoing construction of a Russian dam aims to change the border with Ukraine.

The United States is deeply disturbed by extensive and credible indications of fraud committed in the Ukrainian presidential election. We strongly support efforts to review the conduct of the election and urge Ukrainian authorities not to certify results until investigations of organized fraud are resolved.

A group of leading experts on European, Russian, and Ukrainian energy politics discussed problems associated with gas exporting in Europe.

The Ukrainian Supreme Court has decided: the run-off election was falsified and on December 26, Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych will face each other again in a repeat of the second round of the Ukrainian presidential elections. Will the winner, whoever he may be, re-unite the country? Can Ukraine's "Orange...

Secretary of State Colin Powell says the U.S. cannot accept the Ukraine election result as legitimate and called for an investigation. He warned that if there is no investigation, there could be implications for U.S. relations with Ukraine.

Far from enhancing the Putin regime's legitimacy, the election will diminish it further in the eyes of a significant part of the Russian population.

One election this year will determine the political destiny of a vitally important country, define its international orientation and test its democratic credentials. I do not refer to the recent free elections in Afghanistan, or the elections next year in Iraq or even our own presidential race. All these are critical in their own right, but so is Ukraine's historic step on Oct. 31. When the Ukrainian people line up that day to select a new president, the world will be watching.