Tag: vladimir putin
Clinton camp: Trump needs to answer questions on Russia, Putin
The Hillary Clinton campaign is asking the campaign of Donald Trump to address troubling ties between the candidate, higher-ups in his inner circle and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Andrei Illarionov, former advisor to Vladimir Putin, to speak at W&L
Andrei Illarionov, former economic policy advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will speak at Washington and Lee University on Monday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. in Northen Auditorium.
WWE apologizes for Russian flag incident
Interesting move today from WWE, which issued an apology for an angle on this week’s Monday Night Raw in which Big Show ripped down a Russian flag flying over the ring to further his beef with Rusev.
SummerSlam Preview: Lesnar-Cena, Wyatt-Jericho, Stephanie-Brie, more
It’s the summer WrestleMania. That’s one way to think of SummerSlam, arguably, with apologies to Royal Rumble, the second-biggest WWE pay-per-view of the year, if only because of its timing.
Bob Goodlatte: Russia’s interference in Ukraine must stop
There are several hotspots of conflict across the globe – turn on the news and it’s hard to miss the stories. Eastern Ukraine is one of these.
Tim Kaine statement on Malaysian Airlines Flight 17
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement on the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17.
Chris Graham: Syria, and the role of the U.S. on the world stage
Assad, no doubt, will be emboldened in Syria if the West fails to act in some way, shape or form to his internal aggression, and he won’t be the only one. Ally Russia, with an increasingly aggressive Vladimir Putin pushing the buttons, is calculating the next move in his quest to further strengthen the former superpower. North Korea and China are also watching with great interest to see what the United States does, or as the case may be doesn’t do, in Syria, with their own geopolitical fortunes in mind.
Go east, young comrade, go east
Dull Ache column by W.R. Marshall Dmitry Medvedev, the new Russian president (and Vladimir Putin’s handpicked successor), has taken his first official trip, and just two weeks being sworn in on May 7. No, he didn’t land back in the USSR. Medvedev, showing the world who really matters, headed east and went to Beijing for […]
