Tag: Vladimir Putin

President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive for their joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Beltway Confidential

Obama gives Vladimir Putin a May 25 deadline to avoid broader sanctions

Joel Gehrke · May 2, 2014 4:00 am

National Security

Obama threatens broader sanctions against Russia over Ukrainian instability

Brian Hughes · May 2, 2014 4:00 am

Pro-Russian activists clash with police in front of the regional administration building in Donetsk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Anti-government demonstrators in Donetsk have stormed the local prosecutor's office. The clash came after a march by several hundred people carrying flags of the Donetsk People's Republic, a movement that seeks either greater autonomy from the central government, or independence and possible annexation by Russia. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Putin wants troops out of Ukraine’s east

Peter Leonard · May 1, 2014 8:34 pm

Just Like in the Good Old Days

Geoffrey Norman · May 1, 2014 7:07 pm

President Obama is greeted by Jejomar C. Binay, Vice President of the Philippines , as he arrives on Air Force One at Ninoy Aquino International Airport at suburban Pasay city outside of Manila, Philippines, Monday, April 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Despite a partial pivot in Asia, Obama foreign policy still in disarray

Michael Barone · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

A pro Russian masked armed militant guards barricades near Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Putin’s creeping war of aggression will continue unless the West responds

Austin Bay · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

A pro-Ukrainian man bleeds after been beaten by a pro-Russians during a pro Ukraine rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, April 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

New sanctions unlikely to force Putin’s hand on Ukraine

Brian Hughes · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

A who’s who of Putin’s friends hit by US sanctions

Lynn Berry · April 28, 2014 7:08 pm

National Security

U.S. sanctions 7 Russian officials, 17 companies over Ukraine actions

Brian Hughes · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

Masked pro-Russian activists guard the entrance during their mass storming of a regional Television Centre in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Insurgents in Slovyansk have taken a number of people hostage, including journalists and pro-Ukraine activists, as they strengthen their control in the east of the country in defiance of the interim government in Kiev and its Western supporters. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

White House: New sanctions will hit Vladimir Putin’s circle

Washington Examiner · April 27, 2014 4:00 am

U.S. President Barack Obama, center, reviews an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Thursday, April 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, Pool)

White House defends against criticism that foreign policy has been inept

David M. Drucker · April 27, 2014 4:00 am

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

Washington Secrets

Zogby Report Card: Russia, Middle East talks collapse, crash in on Obama

Paul Bedard · April 26, 2014 4:00 am