Tag: Belarus

John Bolton’s Belarus trip stirs threat to Putin

Joel Gehrke · August 30, 2019 8:53 pm

President Obama's administration in 2015 renamed Mt. McKinley to its Athabascan name Denali in a nod to Alaska Natives. Native Alaskans are vowing to fight President-elect Trump if he attempts to reverse President Obama's decision to change the name of the highest peak in the state. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Newlywed woman dies attempting to cross Alaska river

Zach Halaschak · July 30, 2019 1:48 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko talk to each other at the Eurasian Economic Council in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

In Belarus’ energy rage against Vladimir Putin, America’s opportunity

Tom Rogan · December 13, 2018 9:57 pm

Anastasia Vashukevich arrives at the immigration detention center in Bangkok, Thailand, after being arrested Sunday in the Thai resort. Vashukevich said that she fears for her life, and wants to exchange information on alleged Russian ties to President TrumpÃ¢â¬â¢s campaign for her own personal safety. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Beltway Confidential

US should grant asylum to Belarusian escort Anastasia Vashukevich

Tom Rogan · March 6, 2018 10:00 am

In September 2017, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Mike Faulk was arrested while covering protests in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

An onslaught against journalists in the US

Robert Mahoney · January 27, 2018 5:01 am

Afternoon Links: The School District Deep State, Long Live the Mold-A-Rama, and Paul Ryan’s Crazy Challenger Returns

Jim Swift · January 23, 2018 9:12 pm

Beltway Confidential

Russia might be about to invade Europe. Here’s how America should respond

Tom Rogan · August 31, 2017 9:37 am

Washington Secrets

Gallup: Just 1% Russians approve of U.S., Obama, far worse than Bush

Paul Bedard · May 30, 2016 1:09 pm

From left: Belarus President, Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakhstan's President, Nursultan Nazarbayev and Russian President, Vladimir Putin, pose for a photo after they agreed to create the Eurasian Economic Union, an alliance intended to further boost economic and trade ties between the ex-Soviet neighbors in Astana, Kazakhstan, Thursday, May 29, 2014. The new alliance is the development of the Customs Union including the same nations. In addition to free trade, it coordinates the members' financial systems and regulates industrial and agricultural policies along with their labor markets and transport systems. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service, Pool)

Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan set up new alliance

Vladimir Isachenkov · May 29, 2014 11:16 am

Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan agree to create Eurasian Economic Union to further boost ties

Washington Examiner · May 29, 2014 8:06 am

Alla Tsuper of Belarus celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's freestyle skiing aerials final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Tsuper won the gold medal. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

SOCHI SCENE: Belarus’ big haul

Washington Examiner · February 14, 2014 7:53 pm

The U.S. is not an easy place to do business, according to a report. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

U.S. ranks behind Rwanda, Belarus, Azerbaijan in ease of creating new business, World Bank says

Sean Higgins · January 22, 2014 5:00 am