Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov pointed to the similarity of the approaches of Russian and US leaders Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump to international relations, RIA Novosti reported. “They both insist on the priority of national interests and they are well aware that it is in their national…
Russia-Iran Ties Could Ce Factor As Trump Eyes New Sanctions For Tehran.
Donald Trump has picked Jon Huntsman to be ambassador to the Russian Federation according to White House sources. Huntsman has been a former ambassador to Singapore and and China under Republican and Democratic administrations. He is a former presidential candidate and governor of Utah. Huntsman is currently the head of…
Khordorkovski Says Trump Could Help Push Putin From Power.
Trump-Russia ‘Deal’ Takes Place Over North Korea.
Russia is “categorically opposed” to the termination of the New START nuclear arms control treaty, the head of the Federation Council’s defense committee, Viktor Ozerov, said on Feb. 24. Russia will push for an extension of the treaty, Ozerov said adding that it was “fundamental to global security” the RIA…
Putin Orders Russian Media To “Cut Back” On Positive Trump Coverage.
“Into the valley of death rode the 600…” Russia reacted angrily to President Trump’s recent assertion that the Crimean Peninsula should be returned to Ukraine. The Kremlin had hoped the election of Trump over Hillary would bring a new American policy to ease sanctions and ‘put the issue behind them.’…
Russia is standing by National Security Adviser Michael Flynn — even if the White House is not. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied that Flynn discussed lifting former President Obama’s sanctions against Russia during a scrutinized phone call with the country’s ambassador before Trump took office, he told reporters on Monday……
Former Latvian Prime Minister, Valdis Dombrovskis, now the European Commisions vice president, said recently that Europe is ready to defend ‘European Values.’ “We should be ready to defend longstanding European values when they are threatened or when evidence-based policy is assaulted by alternative facts,” he said in a speech at…