President takes more than 75% of vote according to partial results, extending Putin’s time in office to nearly a quarter of a century. Victory will extend Putin’s time in office to almost 25 years – a period only surpassed by … Read More
Theresa May set out Britain’s response to the attempted murder of Sergei Skripal and his daughter yesterday after the deadline for Russia to respond came and went. The reaction to the Prime Minister’s announcements was mixed, with a strong statement … Read More
President Donald Trump trumpeted the House Intelligence Committee’s report that it found “no evidence of collusion, coordination or conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russians” in an all-caps Twitter post Monday night. “THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE HAS, AFTER A … Read More
Megyn Kelly interviews Vladimir Putin on March 1, 2018. NBC News Russian President Vladimir Putin has told NBC News that he “couldn’t care less” if Russian citizens tried to interfere in the 2016 American presidential election because, he claims, they were … Read More
FILE PHOTO: A convoy of US troops near Warsaw, Poland. © Kacper Pempel / Reuters US troops in the Baltic countries would be “outranged, outgunned and outmatched” by Russians in case of a conflict, the head of the US European … Read More
Mehdi Kasraeipour, the Central Bank of Iran’s director of foreign exchange rules and policies, said the move is unlikely to meet with resistance. Iran has banned the use of the U.S. dollar in all trade transactions, prohibiting businesses from registering import orders using the currency. … Read More
Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted Thursday that his country has developed a nuclear missile with an unlimited range and completely immune to enemy intercept. Speaking during an annual state-of-the-nation speech in Moscow, Putin said the ballistic missile is capable of … Read More
A man walks next to damaged buildings following air strikes today in the rebel-held town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta The German and French leaders have urged Russia to exert “maximum pressure” on Syria for an “immediate” implementation of a UN ceasefire … Read More
The demise of Isis threatens yet more dangerous times to come. The carnage caused by Bashar al-Assad’s forces in El Ghouta has been of a more savage intensity even than the siege of Aleppo © EPA Please use the sharing … Read More
Editor’s Note: Scott Jennings, a CNN contributor, is a former special assistant to President George W. Bush and former campaign adviser to Sen. Mitch McConnell. He is a partner at RunSwitch Public Relations in Louisville, Kentucky. Follow him on Twitter @ScottJenningsKY. … Read More