In the Crimea Crisis, the U.S. Turns the Screw Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Ukrainian activists gather outside the White House on March 1, 2014 in Washington. Protesters gathered to rally against foreign involvement in the Ukrainian region of Crimea. ( BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP / Getty ) Produced by Mythili Rao and Ellen Frankman Produced by PRI and WNYC