Tag: Russia

Beltway Confidential

Russian defense minister’s suspicious visit to Belarus

Tom Rogan · February 3, 2022 8:04 pm

President Vladimir Putin answers journalists' questions on current situation in Ukraine at the Novo-Ogaryovo presidential residence outside Moscow on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Putin accused the West of encouraging an "unconstitutional coup" in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow reserves the right to use all means to protect Russians there. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Staged Russian plot could be pretext for Ukraine invasion, US says

Katherine Doyle · February 3, 2022 7:56 pm

Washington Secrets

Russia threatens power grids if Biden moves in Ukraine

Paul Bedard · February 3, 2022 7:11 pm

Putin’s folly: A Ukraine invasion could backfire badly

Rep. Mark Green · February 3, 2022 12:00 am

White House says military posture could shift if Putin ups threat to Ukraine

Katherine Doyle · February 2, 2022 7:18 pm

White House ditches Russia-Ukraine ‘imminent’ threat assessment

Naomi Lim · February 2, 2022 6:48 pm

White House says Hawley ‘parroting the talking points’ of Russian propaganda

Haisten Willis · February 2, 2022 6:46 pm

Paratroopers assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division prepare equipment and load aircraft bound for the U.S. Central Command area of operations from Fort Bragg, N.C. on January 4, 2020. This deployment is a precautionary action taken to respond to increased threat levels against U.S. personnel and facilities. The 'Devil' Brigade is the nucleus of the U.S. Immediate Response Force, capable of rapidly deploying anywhere in the world in response to a variety of contingency operations.

Beltway Confidential

Avoiding the Baltics, Biden troop deployments evince hesitation, not resolve

Tom Rogan · February 2, 2022 5:01 pm

Biden deploying 3,000 troops to fortify Europe amid Russia-Ukraine standoff

Mike Brest · February 2, 2022 3:58 pm

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee member Josh Hawley, R-Mo., listens to witnesses during the Committee's hearing on 'Unprecedented Migration at the U.S. Southern Border: By the Numbers', on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 4, 2019.

Hawley advocates Biden ending support for Ukraine NATO membership

Christopher Hutton · February 2, 2022 2:52 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Presidential Council for Strategic Development and National Projects via teleconference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, July 19, 2021.

Threats to Putin’s inner circle may do little to shift Ukraine plans

Katherine Doyle · February 2, 2022 10:30 am

What Tucker Carlson and Bill Maher get right, and wrong, about NATO, Ukraine, and America’s role in the world

Tom Rogan · February 2, 2022 12:00 am