Tag: Russia

Robert Mueller asks Congress for official Roger Stone transcript

Naomi Lim · December 20, 2018 1:14 am

The BuzzFeed website is displayed on an iPad held by an Associated Press staffer in Los Angeles, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015.

BuzzFeed wins legal battle against Russian executive over publication of Trump dossier

Naomi Lim · December 20, 2018 12:40 am

In this July 27, 2017 file photo, a U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighter runs in front of a damaged building as he crosses a street on the front line, in Raqqa, Syria. Syrian activists said Friday, Dec. 14, 2018 that U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led fighters have captured the last town held by the Islamic State group, in the militants' single remaining enclave in eastern Syria.

Beltway Confidential

With or without US troops, Syria will be shattered, bankrupt, and violent

Daniel DePetris · December 19, 2018 8:03 pm

Syrian President Bashar Assad (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) are pictured.

Russia blesses US troop withdrawal from Syria

Joel Gehrke · December 19, 2018 7:54 pm

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, and Russian metals magnate Oleg Deripaska, right, walk to attend the APEC Business Advisory Council dialogue in Danang, Vietnam, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017.

Treasury sanctions Russian spies over election interference in US and Europe

Joel Gehrke · December 19, 2018 6:31 pm

A Syrian soldier stands guard inside a destroyed apartment in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. Bulldozers and trucks are working to clear tons of rubble from the main streets. The camp, once home to the largest concentration of Palestinians outside the territories housing nearly 160,000 people, has been gutted by years of war.

Beltway Confidential

Trump, Syria, and a ludicrous holiday gift to America’s enemies

Tom Rogan · December 19, 2018 5:08 pm

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry answers to a question during his and Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak joint news conference following their talks in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. The United States could impose sanctions on a new Russia-Germany gas pipeline, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Thursday during a visit to Moscow.

Energy and Environment

Rick Perry presides over deal with Poland to help wean Europe off Russian energy

John Siciliano · December 19, 2018 4:24 pm

President-elect Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017.

Trump signed letter of intent for Trump Tower Moscow project, though Rudy Giuliani claims otherwise

Caitlin Yilek · December 19, 2018 3:34 pm

"The Iranian government is being tested by its own citizens," Nikki Haley said. "We pray that freedom and human rights will carry the day." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Nikki Haley: Russia’s UN game is chaos and distraction

Tom Rogan · December 19, 2018 2:39 pm

Some of the Facebook and Instagram ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the American political process and stir up tensions around divisive social issues.

Beltway Confidential

Only YOU can fight a Russian troll army

Tiana Lowe Doescher · December 19, 2018 12:20 am

Robert Mueller sits at a hearing on Capitol Hill in D.C.

Mystery foreign company possibly tied to Mueller investigation subpoenaed

Kelly Cohen · December 18, 2018 11:45 pm

Beltway Confidential

CNN’s David Chalian belly flops on Michael Flynn’s delayed sentence and Trump

Eddie Scarry · December 18, 2018 9:55 pm