Tag: Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin, on a boat, inspects the missile cruiser Moskva during a navy parade marking the Victory Day in Sevastopol, Crimea, Friday, May 9, 2014. Putin extolled the return of Crimea to Russia before tens of thousands Friday during his first trip to Black Sea peninsula since its annexation. The triumphant visit was quickly condemned by Ukraine and NATO. (AP Photo / Ivan Sekretarev)

National Security

NATO, facing assertive Russia, ponders what to do

JohnThor Dahlburg · May 9, 2014 7:49 pm

NATO chief: Putin’s Crimea visit ‘inappropriate’

Washington Examiner · May 9, 2014 12:43 pm

A pro-Russian gunman speaks by phone in front of the city hall decorated with the flag of self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, in the center of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 8, 2014. A strong majority of Ukrainians want their country to remain a single, unified state and this is true even in the largely Russian-speaking east where a pro-Russia insurgency has been fighting for autonomy, a poll released Thursday shows. The survey results were released as the pro-Russia forces were considering whether to go ahead with a referendum on autonomy planned for Sunday in defiance of a call from Russian President Vladimir Putin to delay the vote. A decision was expected later in the day. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Ignoring Putin, Ukraine insurgents to hold vote

Peter Leonard · May 8, 2014 9:47 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a reception marking Victory Day in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 8, 2014. The White House says President Barack Obama has no plans to meet with Putin when both leaders attend next month's events in France marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day. But the White House isn't criticizing France for welcoming Putin's visit, either. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Putin to face Western leaders at D-Day anniversary

Julie Pace · May 8, 2014 9:05 pm

National Security

Putin oversees Russian nuclear forces exercise

Washington Examiner · May 8, 2014 10:40 am

Russia media: Putin says May 11 referendum on autonomy in southeast Ukraine should be delayed

Washington Examiner · May 7, 2014 1:34 pm

A pro-Russian activist breaks a window of the offices of Industrial Union of Donbass Corporation in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Russia pulls back troops from Ukraine border

Associated Press · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

A pro-Russian protester fires a fire extinguisher at riot police inside at a police station building in Odessa, Ukraine, Sunday. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Russia won’t stop in Ukraine until sanctions start to hurt

Jed Babbin · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

Armed pro-Russian men guard the barricades near the railway in Andreevka, few kilometers south of Slovyansk, Ukraine, Monday, May 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

White House: ‘No evidence’ of Russian troop withdrawal from Ukrainian border

Brian Hughes · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Less than social

Washington Examiner · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

U.S. Patriot air defense system on site in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm in 1990. (AP Photo)

National Security

Now is no time for the U.S. to be a missile defense paper tiger

John Hulsman · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

This Image made from AP video shows a building on fire in Odessa, Ukraine, on Friday, May 2, 2014. Deadly clashes took place in the southern Ukraine port of Odessa on Friday, triggered by Ukraine's offensive to recapture the eastern city of Slovyansk from pro-Russia forces. (AP Photo via AP Video)

National Security

Sen. Ron Johnson says Russia sanctions ‘haven’t worked’

Brian Hughes · May 4, 2014 4:00 am