Category: Putin

U.S.-Russia Tensions Increasing Risk of Nuclear Conflict, Expert Says

As tensions heighten between the United States and Russia over the standoff along Ukraine’s border, so too does the risk for nuclear conflict, according to Russia scholar Clint Ehrlich. Most voters today don’t fear nuclear disaster, says pollster Mark Meckler. “When I was growing up, that was a thing. We haven’t really talked about it…


Russia Holds Large-Scale Naval Drill, Sends More Fighter Jets to Belarus

Russia on Wednesday deployed more troops and fighter jets to Belarus as part of a major military exercise between the two allied nations—while also more than 20 warships of the Black Sea fleet departed their naval bases for drills in the Black Sea waters. The Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement it relocated crews…


Russia Adds Jailed Kremlin Critic, Top Allies, to ‘Terrorist and Extremist’ Registry

The Russian government on Tuesday added the jailed Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny, along with several of his top allies to an official list of people considered “terrorists or extremists.” Rosfinmonitoring, the country’s state financial monitoring service, updated its “terrorist” listing on Jan. 25, with Navalny and some members of his team—including top aides Lyubov Sobol and Georgy…


Russia’s Ransomware Takedown: Political Concession or Political Theater?

News Analysis When President Joe Biden took office last year, ransomware was near the top of his list of issues to deal with when it comes to Russia. And for good reason. For years, the U.S. government has accused the Kremlin of allowing ransomware hackers to operate in Russia with impunity—resulting in major attacks on…


Fuel Prices Could Go Parabolic as Putin Raises Stakes in Eastern Europe

Commentary Clearly, Russian President Vladimir Putin is aligning the chess pieces for either an invasion of Ukraine or to deter NATO and the E.U. from considering Ukraine as a member. With over 125,000 troops and thousands of pieces of armor massed on the Russian/Ukrainian border, comes news this week that Russian forces will also be “conducting an…


US, Russia to Hold Security Talks Over Ukraine, Arms Control, on Jan. 10

Russian and U.S. negotiators will begin bilateral talks on Jan. 10 to discuss ongoing tensions over Ukraine and a rise in military activity near its Western border, a White House official confirmed late on Monday. “The United States looks forward to engaging with Russia,” a spokesperson for the National Security Council told news agency AFP on…


Biden Official Steering Ukraine Policy Played Role in 2014 Coup

News Analysis As tensions mount along the Ukraine-Russia border, critics have questioned why some of the same U.S. officials who contributed to regional instability during the Obama administration are again in charge of America’s response to the crisis, although some top Republicans support the Biden administration’s position. Last week, U.S. Undersecretary for Political Affairs Victoria…


Putin Has Tanks, the West Has Tongues

Commentary Supposedly there’s this united Western front against a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. Except France, as usual. But united in resolve and united in fatuity aren’t quite the same thing. Which I mention in case our leaders have overlooked it. For instance, this weekend I got this press release saying, “The Honourable Mélanie Joly,…


Putin and Biden Agreed to Hold More Talks Despite Disagreements, Says Kremlin

MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden have agreed to hold more talks amid tensions over a Russian troop build-up near Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Sunday, and Putin would like to meet in person at some stage too. The Kremlin said Putin and Biden had agreed to hold more talks during…


Kash’s Corner: China Getting a Free Pass for Genocide; Is Putin Using Ukraine as a Diversion?

“For some reason, we have given China…almost a free pass to commit these atrocities.” Tonight on Kash’s Corner, we discuss the Chinese Communist Party’s genocide of the Uyghurs and the Falun Gong, and the recent announcement of a U.S. diplomatic boycott of the Olympics. Is it enough? And we also take a look at Russia’s…