Tag: Vladimir Putin

President Barack Obama speaks in front of the Interstate 495 bridge over the Christina River near Wilmington, Del., Thursday, July 17, 2014, to announce an initiative to increase private sector investment in the nation's infrastructure. The bridge was closed for emergency repairs last month after the discovery of four tilting support columns, and the federal government is helping pay for repairs. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

AP source: Missile took down jet in Ukraine

JULIE PACELOLITA C. BALDOR · July 18, 2014 4:42 am

Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrives for an official group photo comprised of the leaders of the BRICS' nations and South American nations, during the BRICS Summit at the Itamaraty Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Putin’s statement on Ukraine plane crash

Washington Examiner · July 17, 2014 10:20 pm

Obama says downing of passenger jet in Ukraine might be ‘terrible tragedy’

Susan Crabtree · July 17, 2014 9:11 pm

Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrives for an official group photo comprised of the leaders of the BRICS' nations and South American nations, during the BRICS Summit at the Itamaraty Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Putin: US sanctions hurt bilateral ties, US firms

Nataliya Vasilyeva · July 17, 2014 12:40 pm

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, and Cuba's President Raul Castro embrace at Revolution Palace in Havana, Cuba, Friday, July 11, 2014. Putin began a six-day Latin American tour aimed at boosting trade and ties in the region with a stop Friday in Cuba, a key Soviet ally during the Cold War that has backed Moscow in its dispute with the West over Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alejandro Ernesto, Pool)

Putin kicks off Latin America tour with Cuba stop

Peter Orsi · July 12, 2014 3:03 am

FILE - In this June 27, 2014, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony of presentation of credentials by foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow. In a statement published on the Kremlin website on Friday, July 4, 2014, Putin said "regardless of difficulties and disagreements" he hoped that Russia and the U.S. could "successfully develop relations on pragmatic and equal grounds." Relations between Russia and the U.S. have deteriorated as the two countries have struggled to find common ground in Ukraine, where Russia annexed the Black Sea region of Crimea in March and a conflict in the east of the country has claimed over 400 lives. (AP Photo/Yuri Kadobnov, Pool, File)

National Security

Putin tells Obama he wants better relations

Washington Examiner · July 4, 2014 10:37 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting with Russian ambassadors, envoys and diplomats at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. (AP Photo//Maxim Zmeyev, Pool)

Putin under pressure as fighting rages in Ukraine

Vladimir Isachenkov · July 2, 2014 6:03 pm

In this June 24, 2014, photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Swiss President and OSCE chairperson in office Didier Burkhalter during talks with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, in Vienna, Austria. The United States and its European allies are finalizing a package of sanctions on Russia's key economic sectors that could be levied as early as this week, though the package might be delayed because of positive signals from Putin, administration officials and others close to the decision-making said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Officials: Sanctions on Russia could be delayed

leebradley-klapper, julie-pacematthew · June 25, 2014 6:49 pm

For Obama, Putin, Merkel: WWI is family history

JohnThor Dahlburg · June 25, 2014 6:39 pm

In this June 24, 2014, photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Swiss President and OSCE chairperson in office Didier Burkhalter during talks with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, in Vienna, Austria. The United States and its European allies are finalizing a package of sanctions on Russia's key economic sectors that could be levied as early as this week, though the package might be delayed because of positive signals from Putin, administration officials and others close to the decision-making said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

West readies package of sector sanctions on Russia

leebradley-klapper, julie-pacematthew · June 25, 2014 12:45 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after his meeting with Austrian President Heinz Fischer in the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. The Russian President visited Vienna on Tuesday, where he met with the Austrian leadership and officials from the Organization for Security and Co-operation who had helped broker peace talks between Kiev and Moscow. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Ukraine’s cease-fire jeopardized by deadly attack

Vladimir Isachenkov · June 24, 2014 8:52 pm

Austrian President Heinz Fischer, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, left,talk during a welcoming ceremony in front of the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Putin says US trying to derail gas pipeline plan

Washington Examiner · June 24, 2014 6:12 pm