Tag: Vladimir Putin

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., walks to the Senate on Capitol Hill on May 17, 2018, in Washington.

Russia wants Rand Paul to arrange broader Senate meeting

Joel Gehrke · August 6, 2018 10:54 pm

In this photo provided by the Miraflores Presidential Palace, President Nicolas Maduro stands at attention during a event marking the 81st anniversary of the National Guard, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, August 4, 2019. Venezuela's government says several explosions heard at a military event were an attempted attack on President Maduro. Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez said in a live broadcast that several drone-like devices with explosives detonated near the president. He said Maduro is safe and unharmed but that seven people were injured.

Beltway Confidential

Is Venezuela threat to the US and Colombia a serious one?

Tom Rogan · August 6, 2018 3:22 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. actor Steven Seagal shake hands in Vladivostok.

Russia names Steven Seagal as a goodwill ambassador to the US

Joel Gehrke · August 4, 2018 7:38 pm

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin during their joint news conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, 2018.

Despite the drama, Trump’s Helsinki performance has forced a tougher US policy against Moscow

John Herbst · August 3, 2018 4:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

Trump claims he got NATO allies to pay up $200B more ‘to guard against Russia’

Anna Giaritelli · August 3, 2018 12:22 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., spoke out against arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain, telling the Senate Thursday, "They don't like us."

Rand Paul is headed to Moscow

Joel Gehrke · August 2, 2018 8:26 pm

Beltway Confidential

How Syria, Russia, and Iran will slaughter Idlib province

Tom Rogan · August 2, 2018 4:52 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the State Council in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 5, 2018.

Senators unveil new Russia sanctions package

Joel Gehrke · August 2, 2018 2:34 pm

Donald Trump Robert Mueller

Trump, not Mueller, fuels Russia suspicions

W. James Antle III · August 2, 2018 4:00 am

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., joined Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks at the Supreme Court as President Trump prepares to choose a replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy on June 28, 2018.

Make summits great again, Mr. President

Washington Examiner · August 1, 2018 4:00 am

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Department of Homeland Security National Cybersecurity Summit in New York.

Mike Pence picks a side: ‘Fact is, Russia meddled in our 2016 elections’

Anna Giaritelli · July 31, 2018 9:08 pm

In this Tuesday, July 17, 2018, photo, a Russian flag waves as a Syrian soldier walks on a roof of a military post overlooking the Damascus-Aleppo highway in the town of Rastan, Syria. Rastan and nearby Talbiseh were among the first Syrian towns to carry weapons against the government when the uprising against President Bashar Assad began in 2011. As the Syrian government reasserts control over opposition strongholds, co-existence between the military and former rebel fighters who surrendered is the new reality.

Beltway Confidential

The latest Syria talks are a Russian fiction

Tom Rogan · July 31, 2018 2:05 pm