Tag: Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been peddling theories that the U.S. is not only meddling with his business allies, but in the 2018 Russian elections and even the upcoming Olympic games. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, file)

Kremlin: US trying to turn oligarchs against Putin

Joel Gehrke · November 30, 2017 11:06 pm

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's barbs against State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert's statement Tuesday was the latest salvo in a war of words over how the U.S. and Russian governments treat foreign media in each country. (Wikipedia and AP Photos)

US, Russia trade barbs over media law

Joel Gehrke · November 29, 2017 4:29 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar Assad met ahead of a summit between Russia, Turkey, and Iran and a new round of Syria peace talks. Syria is strategically significant for all sides. Russia wants to maintain a naval base on the Mediterranean Sea, provided by the Syrian government. Iran wants its militias to be free to operate across Iraq and Syria. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia: ‘Unrealistic’ for Iran to leave Syria

Joel Gehrke · November 28, 2017 3:32 pm

President Donald Trump prepares to hand out sandwiches to members of the U.S. Coast Guard at the Lake Worth Inlet Station, on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017, in Riviera Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: What really happened with the GOP platform and Russia

Byron York · November 26, 2017 11:01 pm

Putin and Trump Discuss Charlie Rose

Washington Examiner · November 24, 2017 9:00 am

Flight records indicate Manafort's visits to Russia were more frequent than previously believed. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

National Security

Paul Manafort visited Moscow 18 times, Kiev 19 times: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · November 23, 2017 8:38 pm

Until the axis is ready to transfer real power to those Syrians it has brutally oppressed, the U.S. should not dance to Putin's diplomatic waltz. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Russia-Turkey-Iran-Assad axis want to steal Syria’s future. The US must obstruct them

Tom Rogan · November 22, 2017 4:30 pm

President Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin met briefly during a trade summit in Vietnam earlier this month. On Tuesday they talked for more than an hour about the need "to peacefully resolve the Syrian civil war, end the humanitarian crisis, allow displaced Syrians to return home, and ensure the stability of a unified Syria free of malign intervention and terrorist safe havens."

What Trump and Putin talked about for an hour

Sarah Bedford · November 21, 2017 8:29 pm

Internal political pressure, in conjunction with Putin's vision of a weaker U.S. state, could explain why the Russian president knew about the North Korean nuclear program for the last two decades and chose to do nothing to oppose it. (AP Photo/Sergei Ilnitsky, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

Russia’s hidden role in backing North Korea

Nikita Vladimirov · November 21, 2017 6:33 pm

A White House official confirmed to the Washington Examiner that the two will speak by phone, after Syrian President Bashar Assad meets with Putin face to face. (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump, Vladimir Putin to discuss Syria conflict in Tuesday call

Sarah Bedford · November 21, 2017 4:08 pm

When it comes to Assad's chemical atrocities, Putin must not get a pass. (Alexei Druzhinin, RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

Russia is trying to hide Syrian chemical weapons attacks — don’t let them

Tom Rogan · November 20, 2017 3:36 pm

Following the presidential election, President Trump's tone changed toward Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We're going to have a great relationship with Putin and Russia," he told a victory rally. (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP)

Dan Hannan: The Republicans’ astonishing, Orwellian change of heart on Putin

Dan Hannan · November 20, 2017 5:01 am