Tag: Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking during his visit the Kaliningrad Stadium in Kaliningrad, Russia.

Beltway Confidential

Russia must face another sports ban

Tom Rogan · January 2, 2019 7:02 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin leads a Security Council meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 28, 2018.

US citizen Paul Whelan detained by Russia for suspected espionage

Naomi Lim · December 31, 2018 7:19 pm

Putin says he’s ready to talk to Trump after canceled G-20 meeting

Daniel Chaitin · December 30, 2018 8:00 pm

The Homeland Security Department headquarters is pictured in Washington.

Washington Secrets

Annual Trump report card: Some big wins and stumbles, as 2019 threatens

Paul Bedard · December 29, 2018 11:01 am

Beltway Confidential

Why America’s Sunni-Arab allies have endorsed Bashar Assad

Tom Rogan · December 28, 2018 6:35 pm

In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman addresses the Future Investment Initiative conference, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. The Crown Prince addressed the summit on Wednesday, his first such comments since the killing earlier this month of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.

Beltway Confidential

Anger, control, Russia: Three reasons why the Saudi crown prince fired his foreign minister

Tom Rogan · December 27, 2018 7:58 pm

Bashar Assad and Russia are laying waste to civilian life. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia argues Assad should get US-held territory in Syria

Joel Gehrke · December 27, 2018 5:00 am

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, Chief of General Staff of Russia Valery Gerasimov, background center, and special representative on questions of ecology and transport, Sergei Ivanov, right, talk to each other as they come to oversee the test launch of the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle from the Defense Ministry's control room in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018. In the test, the Avangard was launched from the Dombarovskiy missile base in the southern Ural Mountains. The Kremlin says it successfully hit a designated practice target on the Kura shooting range on Kamchatka, 6,000 kilometers (3,700 miles) away.

Vladimir Putin touts successful ‘final test’ for hypersonic missile

Joel Gehrke · December 26, 2018 9:22 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chief of General Staff of Russia Valery Gerasimov oversee the test launch of the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle from the Defense Ministry's control room in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018. In the test, the Avangard was launched from the Dombarovskiy missile base in the southern Ural Mountains. The Kremlin says it successfully hit a designated practice target on the Kura shooting range on Kamchatka, 6,000 kilometers (3,700 miles) away.

Beltway Confidential

What Putin’s new hypersonic weapon means for America

Tom Rogan · December 26, 2018 7:41 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a plenary session at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018.

In Africa, the US needs to counteract China and Russia — without becoming them

Washington Examiner · December 24, 2018 5:00 am

Three Ukrainian ships are seen as they docked near the Kerch after been seized ate Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, in Kerch, Crimea, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. The Ukrainian parliament is set to consider a presidential request for the introduction of martial law in Ukraine following an incident in which Russian coast guard ships fired on Ukrainian navy vessels.

‘Music to Putin’s ears’: Baltic nations lament Trump’s tepid response to Russian aggression

Joel Gehrke · December 22, 2018 8:52 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump.

National Security

Russia has doubts Trump will leave Syria

Pete Kasperowicz · December 21, 2018 1:35 pm