Tag: Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting.

National Security

‘Trust, but verify’: Robert O’Brien says Russia promised not to mess with 2020 vote tallies

Jerry Dunleavy · October 4, 2020 5:44 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a state-of-the-nation address.

Beltway Confidential

Georgian government kowtows to Russia by trying to kill off fiber optic cables

Tom Rogan · October 2, 2020 5:45 pm

John Brennan appears at a hearing.

John Brennan overruled CIA officers who disputed confidence in intelligence on Putin’s 2016 motivations

Jerry Dunleavy · October 2, 2020 5:28 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on economic issue in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020.

National Security

Senate Democrat expects Russia election threat to ramp up after Trump gets the coronavirus

Zach Halaschak · October 2, 2020 4:13 pm

In this Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, centre, attends a rally in Moscow, Russia. Navalny is an anti-corruption campaigner and the Kremlinâs fiercest critic. He has outlasted many opposition figures and is undeterred by incessant attempts to stop his work.

Beltway Confidential

Alexei Navalny plays the Kremlin at its own game

Tom Rogan · October 2, 2020 10:28 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Exclusive: Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya discusses fight for democracy

Abraham Mahshie · October 2, 2020 3:00 am

This handout photo published by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his Instagram account, shows himself, center, and his wife Yulia, right, daughter Daria, and son Zakhar, top left, posing for a photo in a hospital in Berlin, Germany.

‘I’m not afraid!’: Russian dissident Alexei Navalny says Putin ordered his poisoning

Zach Halaschak · October 1, 2020 3:03 pm

National Security

US troops in Poland reassure NATO’s Baltic states as Russia looms

Abraham Mahshie · October 1, 2020 6:00 am

Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissmann says he would be ‘happy’ to share information with John Durham

Jerry Dunleavy, Daniel Chaitin · September 30, 2020 7:53 pm

‘Slippery as an eel’: Republicans slam Comey for evading questions about FBI Russia investigation

Kerry Picket · September 30, 2020 7:36 pm

Hundreds of thousands gathered in the capital of Minsk for a seventh consecutive weekend, inspired by 38-year-old political novice Svetlana Tikhanovskayaâs unlikely run for president in fradulent August 9 elections in Belarus against dictator Alexander Lukashenko.

National Security

Exclusive: ‘I call myself a symbol of freedom’: Belarusian leader in exile motivates protesters

Abraham Mahshie · September 30, 2020 5:02 pm

Beltway Confidential

How and why Turkey is fueling the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict

Tom Rogan · September 30, 2020 3:30 pm