Tag: Vladimir Putin

Ukraine Live Day 588: 4 Ukrainian Soldiers Wounded After Attack On Position In Marinka

September 28, 2015

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Upcoming Obama-Putin Meeting at UN Part of a New ‘Munich,’ Illarionov Says

September 24, 2015

Staunton, September 24 The apparent agreement of US President Barack Obama to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next week in New York to discuss Syrian affairs represents a new Munich in which one side focuses on “peace in our time” and the other pockets recognition of his aggression while planning for more, Andrey Illarionov […]

Russia Update: Kremlin Does Not Confirm Claim that Putin and Obama Will Meet at UNGA

September 23, 2015

Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov did not confirm the news reported by some Russian media earlier today that President Vladimir Putin will meet with US President Barack Obama Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous […]

Putin in Syria

September 17, 2015

Over the last few days there have been numerous reports that the Kremlin is deploying military force to prop up the Assad regime in Syria, under the pretence of combating ISIS. The Interpreter will now cover these developments on a daily basis on our Putin in Syria blog.   The Russian Military Intervention In Syria So Far […]

Ukraine Live Day 569: Only 4 Attacks Last Night But Turchynov Warns Of Possible Offensive

September 9, 2015

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Russia Can No Longer Afford to Be the Militarist and Expansionist Power It has Always Been, Shevtsova Says

July 9, 2015

Staunton, July 8 – After a brief attempt to escape from its past in the 1990s, Russia under Vladimir Putin is “again returning to militarism…the model of existence in which Russia had existed for centuries” in order to prepare for war. No other such civilization exists in the world now, but Russia “cannot militarize as […]

‘Putin has Barricaded Himself in the Dead End He has Created,’ Illarionov Says

July 8, 2015

Staunton, July 5 – “Putin has finally decided” to block all of the ways out from “the dead end into which he has driven himself and Russia,” Andrey Illarionov says, prompting the West to oppose him more vigorously, creating a disaster for Russia, and setting the stage for the ultimate restoration of Ukrainian control over […]

Russia Update: As The EU Extends Sanctions, Tsipras Speaks In Saint Petersburg

June 19, 2015

EU member states have agreed to extend economic sanctions against Russia by another six months, and announced the extension of their ban on investment or trade in occupied Crimea today. Meanwhile, the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, facing a potential debt default unless strained negotiations succeed, is in Saint Petersburg today, sharing a stage with […]

Ukraine Live Day 479: 2 Ukrainian Troops Killed, 6 Wounded; Combat Near Shirokino, Lugansk Region

June 11, 2015

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Regarding Ukraine, Putin’s Actions Undercut Putin’s Arguments, Nezavisimaya Gazeta Says

June 10, 2015

Staunton, June 9 – Russian actions in Crimea and the Donbas “have weakened Russian arguments about the change of power in Kyiv” at the time of the Maidan and thus cost Moscow support in European and other Western capitals, according to a lead article in Nezavisimaya Gazeta today. In his interview with Corriere della Sera, […]