Tag: Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018.

Ted Yoho compares Russian base in Venezuela to Cuban missile crisis

Joel Gehrke · December 18, 2018 9:47 pm

Some of the Facebook and Instagram ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the American political process and stir up tensions around divisive social issues, released by members of the U.S. House Intelligence committee, are photographed in Washington, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017.

Beltway Confidential

Yes, the Russian campaign efforts were effective

Quin Hillyer · December 18, 2018 9:31 pm

This courtroom sketch depicts President Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn, standing center, flanked by his lawyers, listening to U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, right, as he addresses Flynn and points to the American flag inside the federal court in Washington, Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. Sullivan agreed to postpone Flynn's sentencing so he can continue cooperating with the Russia probe.

Byron York: Judge’s accusations mar Michael Flynn sentencing hearing

Byron York · December 18, 2018 9:16 pm

A Russian navy landing vessel unloads an armored vehicle as military helicopters fly overhead during Russian military maneuvers Vostok 2018 on the training ground "Klerk", about 50 kilometers (31 miles)south of Vladivostok, Russian Far East port, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018 . The weeklong Vostok 2018 maneuvers are Russia's biggest-ever war games.

Beltway Confidential

In Japan, Russia is moving troops, not memes

Erin Dunne · December 18, 2018 9:00 pm

In this 2017 photo, then-FBI Director James Comey pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.

James Comey silent on whether FBI thought Trump and Russia worked together in 2016

Kelly Cohen · December 18, 2018 8:49 pm

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Russia used Turning Point USA memes to wage ‘a propaganda war’

Philip Wegmann · December 18, 2018 7:36 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin described at least four new weapons, including new long-range cruise missile powered by a small nuclear reactor that supposedly can fly "indefinitely," a new hyper-glide vehicle that can bob and weave around radars, and an underwater drone armed with a massive nuclear warhead that could be floated to U.S. shores. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin: New Russian missiles will give the West ‘food for thought’

Joel Gehrke · December 18, 2018 6:32 pm

Some of the earlier Facebook and Instagram ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the American political process and stir up tensions around divisive social issues.

Beltway Confidential

Russia’s memes had no quantifiable effect on our elections, but we have to keep hearing about it anyway

Eddie Scarry · December 18, 2018 5:34 pm

$The EPA action officially stayed portions of the 2016 New Source Performance Standard for oil and natural gas fracking operations. for 90 days.$ Beltway Confidential

Europe can break free from Russian energy dominance — if it embraces fracked natural gas from the US

Kevin Mooney · December 18, 2018 3:16 pm

President Trump prepares to make a speech at the White House in D.C.

Trump: Russia investigation should end immediately

Caitlin Yilek · December 18, 2018 2:38 pm

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

Russia doesn’t want ‘to lose the rest of Ukraine’

Joel Gehrke · December 18, 2018 1:59 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.

Sarah Sanders: Republicans must ‘stand up’ to James Comey

Diana Stancy Correll · December 18, 2018 1:25 am