Vladimir Isachenkov

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Putin uses carrot and stick to dominate neighbors

Vladimir Isachenkov · March 6, 2014 3:27 pm

In this frame grab provided by the Russian Television via the APTN, President Vladimir Putin, during a live feed, answers journalists' questions on the current situation around Ukraine at the Novo-Ogaryovo presidential residence outside Moscow, on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Russian Television via APTN)

Defiant Putin drops cool demeanor in Ukraine talk

Vladimir Isachenkov · March 4, 2014 10:10 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov, second right, watch a military exercise at a training ground at the Luzhsky Range, near St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. The Zapad (West) 2017 maneuvers have caused concern among some NATO members neighboring Russia, who have criticized a lack of transparency about the exercises and questioned Moscow's real intentions. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

A look at Russian, Ukrainian militaries

Vladimir Isachenkov · March 3, 2014 9:01 pm

FILE - A Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 photo from files showing Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shaking hands with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych at the Olympic reception hosted by the Russian President in Sochi, Russia. Russia questioned the legitimacy of the new Ukrainian authorities on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, with its prime minister saying it sees the turmoil in Ukraine as a threat to both Russian citizens and Russian interests in Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service, Pool, File)

Ukraine’s turmoil brings tough challenge to Putin

Vladimir Isachenkov · February 24, 2014 7:39 pm

A christmas tree is seen in the middle of tents set by opposition supporters in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. Ukrainian protesters lambasted parliament on Thursday for its lack of action, and a senior U.S. diplomat arrived in Kiev to try to help find a resolution to the country's grinding political crisis. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met separately with President Viktor Yanukovych and with opposition leaders during her two-day stay in the Ukrainian capital. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Russia taunts US with bugged diplomats chat

Vladimir Isachenkov · February 7, 2014 7:59 pm

Alexey Voyevoda, a former Olympic bobsledder, who won silver in the 4-man bobsled in Turin in 2006, carries the Olympic torch as it makes it's way throughout the streets of the Rosa Khutor ski resort in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Olympic flame in Sochi after world’s longest relay

Vladimir Isachenkov · February 5, 2014 5:06 pm

Prosecutors go after Russia’s top independent TV

Vladimir Isachenkov · January 30, 2014 6:46 pm

The United Nations Security Council meets at U.N. headquarters, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council on Monday morning that he will have more to say on his invitation for Iran to join this week's peace talks on Syria later in the day.(AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Russia: rescinding invitation to Iran a mistake

Vladimir Isachenkov · January 21, 2014 10:39 am

In this image made from a video posted online Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014 by an Islamic militant group asserting responsibility for suicide bombings last month that killed 34 people in Volgograd, Russia, two men, identified as Suleiman and Abdurakhman and who purportedly carried out the twin suicide bombings are seen at an unknown location. The two Russian-speaking men featured in the video are identified as members of Ansar al-Sunna, the name of a militant group operating in Iraq. It was unclear whether they had received funding or training from the group or only adopted its name. (AP Photo)

Russians study Islamic video threatening Olympics

Vladimir Isachenkov · January 21, 2014 12:01 am

Lavrov: Syria peace conference could be derailed

Vladimir Isachenkov · June 21, 2013 1:10 pm

Russia: G-8 declaration won’t mention Assad’s fate

Vladimir Isachenkov · June 18, 2013 12:51 pm

Putin attends military exercise in southern Russia

Vladimir Isachenkov · March 29, 2013 3:06 pm