Tag: Vladimir Putin

FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, May 6, 2014, French President Francois Hollande, left, speaks to apprentice bakers during a visit at the Institute of Artisanal Trades in Paris. French President Francois Hollande certainly won't go hungry on upcoming Thursday night June 5, 2014, as he will host two consecutive dinners, first with U.S. President Barack Obama, then with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Hollande will be the first Western leader to meet individually with Putin since the U.S. and EU imposed sanctions over Russia's actions in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Ian Langsdon, FILE)

France hosts dueling dinners for Obama, Putin

Angela Charlton · June 2, 2014 7:04 pm

President Barack Obama makes remarks before officially starting the beginning of the Wounded Warrior Project's Soldier Ride with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki at the White House April 17, 2013 in Washington. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

White House week ahead: Obama heads to Europe, foreign tests await him

Brian Hughes · June 2, 2014 9:00 am

A Ukrainian helicopter gunship releases flares above areas where pro-Russian militias have taken positions around the airport outside Donetsk, Ukraine, on Monday, May 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Ukraine’s election and counteroffensive a one-two punch

Austin Bay · May 28, 2014 2:56 pm

Beltway Confidential

Thoughts on the elections in Ukraine and the European Union

Michael Barone · May 27, 2014 1:31 pm

Smoke rises from the airport outside Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, May 26, 2014. Ukraine's military launched airstrikes Monday against the separatists who had taken over the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, suggesting that fighting in the east is far from over. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Ukraine launches air strikes at eastern gunmen

PETER LEONARDNATALIYA VASILYEVA · May 26, 2014 4:20 pm

Method to Putin’s Madness

Daniel Halper · May 26, 2014 1:12 pm

Russia ready to speak with new Ukrainian president

Washington Examiner · May 26, 2014 9:11 am

Exit poll: Candy tycoon elected Ukraine president

NATALIYA VASILYEVAPETER LEONARD · May 25, 2014 10:26 pm

Ukrainians stand in line for receive their ballots at a polling station during presidential and mayoral elections in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, May, 25, 2014. Ukraine's critical presidential election got underway Sunday under the wary scrutiny of a world eager for stability in a country rocked by a deadly uprising in the east. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A long line signals hope in a Ukraine neighborhood

Tim Sullivan · May 25, 2014 3:35 pm

Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko, left, casts his ballot as his daughter Eugenia, son Mykhailo and daughter Alexandra look on at a polling station during the presidential election in Kiev, Ukraine, on Sunday. (AP/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Kelly Ayotte: Russia disrupting Ukrainian election

Zack Colman · May 25, 2014 2:42 pm

A Pro-Russian activist carries a ballot box away from a polling station preparing to smash it, in Donetsk, Ukraine, Friday, May 23, 2014. Ukraine's acting government has admitted that authorities will not be able to organize the voting in parts of eastern Ukraine, overrun by pro-Russian insurgents. (AP Photo/Photomig)

Ukraine’s presidential vote: a step out of crisis

Jim Heintz · May 25, 2014 4:08 am

Putin: West ignores Russia’s interests in Ukraine

John Daniszewski · May 24, 2014 11:18 pm