Tag: Vladimir Putin

Next week, Russian President Vladimir Putin (pictured right in this photo from 2015) will visit Egypt and hold talks with its military leader, Abdel Fattah el-Sissi (pictured right). According to Russian news reports, defense, trade, and commercial ties will be high up on the agenda. (Alexei Nikolsky/RIA Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Putin visit to Egypt proves why Trump must be a realist

Tom Rogan · December 7, 2017 10:25 pm

Vladimir Putin is determined to set the course of the world. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Putin’s enduring Russian challenge to the US

Tom Rogan · December 6, 2017 7:07 pm

Putin made that remark while announcing his plan to seek a fourth term as president of Russia, which he has led since 1999. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Putin blames US for ‘politically-motivated’ Olympics ban

Joel Gehrke · December 6, 2017 5:51 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting with workers of the GAZ factory in Nizny Novgorod, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. Putin says he will seek re-election in next March's election. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin to seek re-election

Melissa Quinn · December 6, 2017 4:24 pm

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Tuesday there is little doubt that Russian President Vladimir Putin knew and approved of the widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs among Russian athletes in the run-up to the 2014 Sochi Games. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Tom Cotton: Olympic ban exposes ‘the black heart of the Kremlin’

Joel Gehrke · December 6, 2017 12:51 am

With Syria Strikes, Israel Attempts to Send a Message to Trump and Putin

Matthew R.J. Brodsky · December 5, 2017 7:52 pm

While it does seem President Trump has developed a quick rapport with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan, the public pleasantries and expressions of mutual admiration mask a deteriorating relationship that has been in a tailspin for years. (Pool Photo via AP)

Can the US-Turkey marriage be saved?

Jamie McIntyre · December 5, 2017 5:01 am

National Security

Russian foreign ministry asks legislature for US media ban

Joel Gehrke · December 4, 2017 10:55 pm

A spokesman maintained that Putin was unmoved by Flynn's effort to convince Russia not to retaliate against U.S. sanctions. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russia: ‘Absurd’ to say Michael Flynn influenced Putin’s decision to delay retaliation

Joel Gehrke · December 4, 2017 7:07 pm

Trump's tweet comes ahead of NRA CEO and Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre.s expected speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

NRA member told Trump campaign adviser he could arrange backchannel meeting with Putin: Report

Caitlin Yilek · December 3, 2017 6:55 pm

Trump is visited by the ghosts of his past, present and future. (Image courtesy screenshot)

‘Saturday Night Live’ parodies ‘A Christmas Carol’ with ghost of Michael Flynn visiting Trump

Caitlin Yilek · December 3, 2017 1:48 pm

Scholars have mixed views on whether Michael Flynn's guilty plea is bad news for Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who allegedly lied to Congress about his contacts with former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Michael Flynn plea leads to questions about Jeff Sessions

Steven Nelson · December 3, 2017 5:01 am