Tag: Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with key players in the Syria conflict, including President Bashar Assad, ahead of a U.S.-Russia-engineered cease-fire. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

WH predicts ‘potholes’ on the path to Syria truce

Susan Crabtree · February 26, 2016 7:17 pm

Sanders has had to fend off criticism that his foreign policy credentials are not up to par to be president. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sanders on Putin: ‘I took on a lot of people’ as Burlington mayor

Kelly Cohen · February 26, 2016 4:03 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Humans without humanity

Washington Examiner · February 19, 2016 8:00 pm

Civilians walk with containers for fuel and water in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. "This is not a contest between me and Putin," Obama said. "The question is how can we stop the suffering? Stabilize the region?" (Alexander Kots/Komsomolskaya Pravda via AP)

Obama predicts Russia will spend billions to prop up Assad

Nicole Duran · February 17, 2016 12:13 am

The ad, seen in Moscow's Red Square, claims Obama has killed anywhere up to 6 million people annually.

Russian ad: ‘Obama kills a lot of people’

Anna Giaritelli · February 16, 2016 11:14 pm

Trump: Imagine Rubio sweating out a meeting with Putin

Pete Kasperowicz · February 16, 2016 12:38 am

Sen. McCain launches stinging attack on Obama’s leadership

Dan Friedman · February 15, 2016 5:01 am

President Obama spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone Saturday. (Sergey Guneyev/RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Now in ‘Cold War,’ Obama speaks with Putin

Curt Mills · February 14, 2016 4:23 pm

"An extraordinary new crisis is beginning to unfold in Syria, a country that already has suffered through some of the worst war crimes, humanitarian depredations and refugee flows in recent history," the Washington Post's editorial board said. (AP Photo)

WaPo: ‘Obama is silent’ on Syria tragedy

Becket Adams · February 10, 2016 10:31 pm

"The increased American investment sends a message to Mr. Putin and provides leverage to demand that other NATO countries do more to increase their own defense budgets," the editors wrote. (Sergei Karpukhin/Pool via AP)

NY Times calls Russia a threat, mocked Romney for saying that

Becket Adams · February 4, 2016 5:01 am

Theater of Tyranny or Comedy of Corruption?

Erin Mundahl · February 3, 2016 7:05 pm

Washington Post reminds John Kerry: ‘Syrians continue to starve to death’

Becket Adams · February 3, 2016 5:04 am