Tag: Vladimir Putin

In this June 24, 2014, photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Swiss President and OSCE chairperson in office Didier Burkhalter during talks with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, in Vienna, Austria. The United States and its European allies are finalizing a package of sanctions on Russia's key economic sectors that could be levied as early as this week, though the package might be delayed because of positive signals from Putin, administration officials and others close to the decision-making said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Officials: Sanctions on Russia could be delayed

leebradley-klapper, julie-pacematthew · June 25, 2014 6:49 pm

For Obama, Putin, Merkel: WWI is family history

JohnThor Dahlburg · June 25, 2014 6:39 pm

In this June 24, 2014, photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Swiss President and OSCE chairperson in office Didier Burkhalter during talks with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, in Vienna, Austria. The United States and its European allies are finalizing a package of sanctions on Russia's key economic sectors that could be levied as early as this week, though the package might be delayed because of positive signals from Putin, administration officials and others close to the decision-making said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

West readies package of sector sanctions on Russia

leebradley-klapper, julie-pacematthew · June 25, 2014 12:45 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after his meeting with Austrian President Heinz Fischer in the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. The Russian President visited Vienna on Tuesday, where he met with the Austrian leadership and officials from the Organization for Security and Co-operation who had helped broker peace talks between Kiev and Moscow. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Ukraine’s cease-fire jeopardized by deadly attack

Vladimir Isachenkov · June 24, 2014 8:52 pm

Austrian President Heinz Fischer, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, left,talk during a welcoming ceremony in front of the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Putin says US trying to derail gas pipeline plan

Washington Examiner · June 24, 2014 6:12 pm

Pro-russian troops in tanks, several armored vehicles, and tracks drive on a road in the direction of Donetsk not far from Debaltseve, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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Meanwhile in Ukraine: Russia sends tanks to rebels, deploys troops to border

Blake Seitz · June 23, 2014 10:22 pm

Maidan Voyage

Christopher Caldwell · June 23, 2014 4:00 am

Russian Vladimir Putin, second right, takes part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Moscow's Kremlin Wall, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, June 22, 2014, to mark the 73rd anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia’s Putin calls for compromise in Ukraine

Lynn Berry · June 23, 2014 12:22 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Khanty-Mansiysk Governor Natalya Komarova in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 20, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Putin speaks to Iraqi PM, expresses support

Washington Examiner · June 20, 2014 4:23 pm

A growing chorus of Capitol Hill lawmakers are urging France to scrap a lucrative deal to sell two high-tech warships to Russia as the country flexes its muscle in eastern Europe. (Illustration by Karen Lomax/Examiner)

France thumbs nose at critics of its sale of warships to Russia

Sean Lengell · June 20, 2014 1:00 pm

Russian soldiers stand near a tank at a former Ukrainian military base in Perevalne, outside Simferopol, Crimea, March 27. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

State Dept. confirms Russian tanks’ move into Ukraine

Susan Crabtree · June 13, 2014 9:49 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin has pushed to introduce advanced military technology in the last six months, and on Saturday, Russia said it has fit 10 MIG-31 fighter jets with 'invincible' hypersonic missiles.

Ukraine rejects Putin’s offer of gas discounts

JOHN-THOR DAHLBURGNATALIYA VASILYEVA · June 11, 2014 4:21 pm