Tag: Vladimir Putin

Exit poll: Candy tycoon elected Ukraine president

NATALIYA VASILYEVAPETER LEONARD · May 25, 2014 10:26 pm

Ukrainians stand in line for receive their ballots at a polling station during presidential and mayoral elections in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, May, 25, 2014. Ukraine's critical presidential election got underway Sunday under the wary scrutiny of a world eager for stability in a country rocked by a deadly uprising in the east. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A long line signals hope in a Ukraine neighborhood

Tim Sullivan · May 25, 2014 3:35 pm

Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko, left, casts his ballot as his daughter Eugenia, son Mykhailo and daughter Alexandra look on at a polling station during the presidential election in Kiev, Ukraine, on Sunday. (AP/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Kelly Ayotte: Russia disrupting Ukrainian election

Zack Colman · May 25, 2014 2:42 pm

A Pro-Russian activist carries a ballot box away from a polling station preparing to smash it, in Donetsk, Ukraine, Friday, May 23, 2014. Ukraine's acting government has admitted that authorities will not be able to organize the voting in parts of eastern Ukraine, overrun by pro-Russian insurgents. (AP Photo/Photomig)

Ukraine’s presidential vote: a step out of crisis

Jim Heintz · May 25, 2014 4:08 am

Putin: West ignores Russia’s interests in Ukraine

John Daniszewski · May 24, 2014 11:18 pm

President Obama got some chilling news from a USA Today/Pew poll this week

Washington Secrets

Zogby Report Card: Festering Veterans Affairs scandal undermines Obama

Paul Bedard · May 24, 2014 10:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Investment Forum Friday, May 23, 2014. Putin said Friday at an investment forum that Russia will "respect the choice of the Ukrainian people." He said that Russia wants peace and order to be restored in Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Putin promises to respect Ukraine’s election

LAURA MILLSPETER LEONARD · May 23, 2014 9:00 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy actions suggest that he wants to restore the old Soviet Union, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said when asked about U.S. intelligence reveals about the former KGB spy's "calculus."ÃÂ (AP/Mandel Ngan)

Beltway Confidential

Chuck Hagel: Vladimir Putin wants to restore Soviet Union

Joel Gehrke · May 23, 2014 3:37 pm

President Obama will not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at next month's D-Day memorial service in Normandy, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Beltway Confidential

President Obama and Vladimir Putin will not meet at June 6 D-Day memorial

Kevin Daley · May 21, 2014 10:12 pm

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. China signed a landmark deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth about $400 billion, giving a boost to diplomatically isolated President Vladimir Putin and expanding Moscow's ties with Asia. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Ukraine sees letup in tensions, but vote at risk

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVPETER LEONARD · May 21, 2014 6:15 pm

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, and China's President Xi Jinping review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Xijiao State Guesthouse ahead of the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit, in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Carlos Barria, Pool)

China gives Putin a diplomatic boost

Louise Watt · May 20, 2014 10:11 am

Russian Prime Minister: We Are ‘Approaching a Second Cold War’

Daniel Halper · May 20, 2014 10:08 am