General Keane: Belarus unrest really matters to Putin’s goal
Trump, Russia’s Putin, discuss arms control, Iran, coronavirus -statements
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday he wanted to avoid a costly arms race with Russia and China and hoped for progress in arms control negotiations, the White House said. “President Trump reiterated … Read More
Russia’s Revised Constitution Shows Putin is No Friend of Japan
The constitutional referendum in Russia has closed the door to a potential territorial compromise with Japan. Russia’s revised constitution is bad news for Japan. It includes a new clause that bans territorial concessions, thereby further trampling Japanese hopes of ever … Read More
Russia, Turkey, Iran leaders to discuss Syria on Wednesday, Kremlin says
FILE PHOTO: Presidents Putin of Russia, Erdogan of Turkey and Rouhani of Iran pose following a joint news conference in Ankara MOSCOW (Reuters) – The presidents of Russia, Iran, and Turkey will hold a video conference on Wednesday to discuss … Read More
Putin again whitewashes the Stalinist era
Vladimir Putin launches a fresh attack against Poland’s role in the Second World War, but some in the West may be receptive to his message. President Vladimir Putin’s recent article reinterpreting the Second World War has the Russian president presenting … Read More
Whose Death Camps, Mr. Putin?
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has finally picked on someone his own size: Finland. His officials have virtually accused the Finns of genocide of Soviet civilians in “concentration camps,” allegedly complete with gas chambers, during the Second World War. It is … Read More
Putin probes Trump’s defense posture as Russian planes breach U.S. air defense zone
U.S. military intercepted Russian aircraft during 8th such incident this year. PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command F-22 Raptors, supported by KC-135 Stratotankers and an E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System, successfully completed two intercepts … Read More
Pandemic brings Putin down to size
Watching Putin mark Victory Day, from a Dacha near Moscow. Photo: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Russia’s surging coronavirus epidemic is now the world’s second-largest, behind the United States. What to watch: As Russia becomes a new epicenter, President Vladimir Putin appears almost … Read More
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 1 May 2020
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Greetings from Tyler, We were warned that hospitals would be overrun. They were sure to run out of ventilators, if not hospital beds. Car companies were recruited to manufacture ventilators instead of cars. Now nobody knows what to do with … Read More
Trump and Putin issue rare joint statement promoting cooperation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin issued a rare joint statement on Saturday commemorating a 1945 World War Two link-up of U.S. and Soviet troops on their way to defeat Nazi Germany as … Read More