Tag: Vladimir Putin

In this Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, centre, attends a rally in Moscow, Russia. Navalny is an anti-corruption campaigner and the Kremlinâs fiercest critic. He has outlasted many opposition figures and is undeterred by incessant attempts to stop his work.

Chemical weapons watchdog: Samples from Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny confirm presence of Novichok-like nerve agent

Tyler Van Dyke · October 6, 2020 6:13 pm

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 11, 2021 - Men in camouflage uniforms line up during the drills of the Territorial Defence units in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

Beltway Confidential

Why latest findings on Putin’s use of nerve agent against Alexei Navalny are so crucial

Tom Rogan · October 6, 2020 5:49 pm

Beltway Confidential

Turkey ignores international community and escalates its role in Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict

Tom Rogan · October 5, 2020 4:59 pm

In this handout photo taken from a footage released by Azerbaijanâs Defense Ministry on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, Azerbaijanâs soldiers fire from a mortar at the contact line of the self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. Fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh continued on Monday morning after erupting the day before, with both sides blaming each other for resuming the attacks.

Magazine - Columnists

A Gilbert and Sullivan war in the Caucasus

Dan Hannan · October 5, 2020 12:00 am

John Brennan appears at a hearing.

John Brennan overruled CIA officers who disputed confidence in intelligence on Putin’s 2016 motivations

Jerry Dunleavy · October 2, 2020 5:28 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on economic issue in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020.

National Security

Senate Democrat expects Russia election threat to ramp up after Trump gets the coronavirus

Zach Halaschak · October 2, 2020 4:13 pm

In this Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, centre, attends a rally in Moscow, Russia. Navalny is an anti-corruption campaigner and the Kremlinâs fiercest critic. He has outlasted many opposition figures and is undeterred by incessant attempts to stop his work.

Beltway Confidential

Alexei Navalny plays the Kremlin at its own game

Tom Rogan · October 2, 2020 10:28 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Exclusive: Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya discusses fight for democracy

Abraham Mahshie · October 2, 2020 3:00 am

This handout photo published by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his Instagram account, shows himself, center, and his wife Yulia, right, daughter Daria, and son Zakhar, top left, posing for a photo in a hospital in Berlin, Germany.

‘I’m not afraid!’: Russian dissident Alexei Navalny says Putin ordered his poisoning

Zach Halaschak · October 1, 2020 3:03 pm

Russia jails gulag historian for 13 years over allegedly fabricated sexual abuse charges

Mica Soellner · September 29, 2020 11:20 pm

Beltway Confidential

Russia invents CIA plot to kill Catholics and destabilize Belarus

Tom Rogan · September 29, 2020 7:44 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

National Security

‘What is the leverage they have?’: Pelosi says Trump taxes a ‘national security’ matter

Zach Halaschak · September 28, 2020 11:52 pm