Tag: Vladimir Putin

Russia media: Putin says May 11 referendum on autonomy in southeast Ukraine should be delayed

Washington Examiner · May 7, 2014 1:34 pm

A pro-Russian activist breaks a window of the offices of Industrial Union of Donbass Corporation in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Russia pulls back troops from Ukraine border

Associated Press · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

A pro-Russian protester fires a fire extinguisher at riot police inside at a police station building in Odessa, Ukraine, Sunday. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Russia won’t stop in Ukraine until sanctions start to hurt

Jed Babbin · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

Armed pro-Russian men guard the barricades near the railway in Andreevka, few kilometers south of Slovyansk, Ukraine, Monday, May 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

White House: ‘No evidence’ of Russian troop withdrawal from Ukrainian border

Brian Hughes · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Less than social

Washington Examiner · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

U.S. Patriot air defense system on site in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm in 1990. (AP Photo)

National Security

Now is no time for the U.S. to be a missile defense paper tiger

John Hulsman · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

This Image made from AP video shows a building on fire in Odessa, Ukraine, on Friday, May 2, 2014. Deadly clashes took place in the southern Ukraine port of Odessa on Friday, triggered by Ukraine's offensive to recapture the eastern city of Slovyansk from pro-Russia forces. (AP Photo via AP Video)

National Security

Sen. Ron Johnson says Russia sanctions ‘haven’t worked’

Brian Hughes · May 4, 2014 4:00 am

President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive for their joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Beltway Confidential

Obama gives Vladimir Putin a May 25 deadline to avoid broader sanctions

Joel Gehrke · May 2, 2014 4:00 am

National Security

Obama threatens broader sanctions against Russia over Ukrainian instability

Brian Hughes · May 2, 2014 4:00 am

Pro-Russian activists clash with police in front of the regional administration building in Donetsk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Anti-government demonstrators in Donetsk have stormed the local prosecutor's office. The clash came after a march by several hundred people carrying flags of the Donetsk People's Republic, a movement that seeks either greater autonomy from the central government, or independence and possible annexation by Russia. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Putin wants troops out of Ukraine’s east

Peter Leonard · May 1, 2014 8:34 pm

Just Like in the Good Old Days

Geoffrey Norman · May 1, 2014 7:07 pm

President Obama is greeted by Jejomar C. Binay, Vice President of the Philippines , as he arrives on Air Force One at Ninoy Aquino International Airport at suburban Pasay city outside of Manila, Philippines, Monday, April 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Despite a partial pivot in Asia, Obama foreign policy still in disarray

Michael Barone · April 30, 2014 4:00 am