Tag: Russia

The FBI placed so much faith in Christopher Steele because he was a former British spy who had worked with the bureau a few years earlier in the world soccer corruption investigation. But there were problems with Steele's credibility, according to the referral. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

Steele dossier’s main source was investigated by FBI as ‘threat to national security’

Jerry Dunleavy · September 25, 2020 1:31 am

UK coordinating with US to sanction Belarus

Joel Gehrke · September 24, 2020 9:17 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko talk to each other at the Eurasian Economic Council in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018.

National Security

Russia could ‘absorb’ Belarus and threaten NATO

Abraham Mahshie · September 24, 2020 3:35 pm

National Security

NATO aerial exercises test ‘vulnerable’ Baltic defense against Russian air assault

Abraham Mahshie · September 24, 2020 10:01 am

Marina Garbuz, 27, a Belarusian in exile in Lithuania protests the illegitimate re-election of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko across the street from the Belarusian Embassy in Vilnius September 23, 2020.

National Security

Belarusians in exile demand democracy: ‘The demand is clear — free and fair elections’

Abraham Mahshie · September 24, 2020 10:00 am

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 11, 2021 - Men in camouflage uniforms line up during the drills of the Territorial Defence units in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

Putin’s lies in Belarus cast a shadow over Poland

Stanislaw Zaryn · September 24, 2020 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Democrats and media try to make Joe Biden a victim of Russia

Eddie Scarry · September 23, 2020 7:08 pm

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius told the Washington Examiner that his nation did not choose to be a leader in the pro-democracy effort in Belarus, but it cannot stand idly and watch the human rights violations and oppression across its border.

National Security

Lithuania at unexpected forefront in Belarus democracy push

Abraham Mahshie · September 23, 2020 5:48 pm

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), center, speaks with reporters.

Senate Democrats release rebuttal report to GOP’s findings from Biden-Ukraine investigation

Mike Brest · September 23, 2020 3:10 pm

Family members gather for a road naming ceremony with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, centre, his son Hunter Biden, left, and his sister Valerie Biden Owens, right, joined by other family members during a ceremony to name a national road after his late son Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III, in the village of Sojevo, Kosovo, on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016.

Senate GOP report: Obama administration ‘ignored the glaring warning signs’ of Hunter Biden’s dealings in Ukraine

Jerry Dunleavy · September 23, 2020 11:36 am

"What the president says and what the president does are almost at opposite ends," Schumer said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans slam Schumer for blocking election security briefing over Supreme Court ‘temper tantrum’

Jerry Dunleavy · September 23, 2020 12:06 am

Beltway Confidential

Democrats are once again being played by Russia, and it’s going to hurt Biden

Eddie Scarry · September 22, 2020 3:32 pm