Every new poll seems to bring more bad news for President Obama. A poll conducted last week by the Associated Press and GfK found the president’s disapproval rating at 59%, besting the all-time high the president had just set in
Action star Steven Seagal is officially endorsing Russia’s annexation of Crimea, calling Russian leader Vladimir Putin like a “brother” to him. Seagal went further, dubbing U.S. foreign policy in the region “idiotic” and saying mainstream media outlets are promoting President
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says Russia will set up its own payment system to rival Visa and MasterCard. The move comes barely a week after the two companies suspended services to Russian banks which were directly and
Former Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will run for president in May’s elections, according to AP. Ms Tymoshenko, who was seen as a figurehead for opposition to ousted president Viktor Yanukovich, was released from prison last month following his downfall.
The 137-page, FBI-sworn affidavit against California State Sen. Leland Yee, a Democrat who is also running for Secretary of State, and over two dozen other individuals reads like a crime thriller. Beyond the widely reported stories of alleged wire fraud,
In an appearance on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel to promote his new book “A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred,” Washington Post columnist George Will reacted to the Obama administration’s suggestion
Vladimir Putin’s popularity is cresting again in his native Russia, according to the independent Levada Center. His approval rating now stands at 80%, with only 18% of Russians disapproving. The last time Putin was so popular in Russia was in 2008,
They are not sharks, and there are no lasers on their heads, but dolphins with knives on their backs might just do the trick. Trained to combat an enemy’s amphibious forces, the dolphin army is one of many military assets
Ukrainian women organized a sex strike against Russian men after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine. The organizers even set up a Facebook page for their “Don’t Give It to a Russian” campaign. The Facebook page is in Russian, which led
Barack Obama would not be President of the United States were it not for his purported opposition to the Iraq War. I say “purported,” because he never had to vote on the war, as his unfortunate rival Hillary Clinton did,
Russia President Vladimir Putin is going to use unused Olympic funds to start a fitness program that dates back to the Soviet Union. The Russian Federation was dominant during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Putin remarked after the
President Obama spoke at the third Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague where he and the European Union showed an alliance with each other and Ukraine against Russia. Obama said Russia’s actions will not drive apart the US and EU.
The death of far-right Ukrainian leader Oleksander Muzychko threatens to raise tensions in the already-shaky new government in Kiev, Ukraine. Police had attempted to arrest Muzychko at a café, but he opened fire on them. As The Guardian reports: According to Ukraine’s
A television documentary has exposed that diplomatic staff have avoided prosecution for 88 crimes over the last six years. The figures come from the Foreign Office, and will appear alongside allegations that diplomatic bags are being used to carry drugs
On March 26 the Voice of Russia contended that U.S. “Stand Your Ground” laws “promote brutal murder…disguised as self defense.” The proof? No less than “the groundbreaking incident between shooter George Zimmerman and now deceased Trayvon Martin.” According to the Voice of
Transcript as follows: President Obama’s tour of Europe this week prompts mixed emotions. On the one hand, every American should want him to succeed in dissuading Russia from increased aggression against Ukraine or others who are clearly in Vladimir Putin’s
Shortly after taking office, President Obama visited Europe to explain, “In America, there is a failure to appreciate Europe’s leading role in the world…there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive.” But lest Americans
Members of the European Parliament have heard how Dutch social services seized ten-year old twins from a Russian-speaking Latvian family long resident in The Netherlands because the mother spoke Russian to the children in the home. Dutch child protection authorities
Russian troops on Tuesday stormed the last naval vessel still flying the Ukrainian flag on the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, a regional Ukrainian defence official said. The raid on the Cherkasy trawler occurred one day after Russian forces took
Edward Snowden is all but spiking the ball on Obama in what National Journal calls “his crusade against government spying….” With Obama announcing the ending the collection of domestic phone records in bulk, Snowden said, “This is a turning point, and
French actor Gérard Depardieu hated the new taxes in France so much he fled to Russia. The star received citizenship in early 2013, with President Vladimir Putin personally delivering Depardieu’s passport. However, Depardieu does not have a problem with Russia’s
During House Foreign Affair Committee hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) charged the West as being the bad actors in the current dispute between the Ukraine and Russia. Committee chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) fired back at Grayson, who
Two men aligned with the pro-Ukrainian Euromaidan movement testified to Human Rights Watch that they were detained in Crimea by what they believed to be Russian “self-defense” forces, beaten, and tortured in captivity. One of the survivors claims to have
Russia news agencies released a phone call where former political prisoner Yulia Tymoshenko said it was time to exterminate the Russians and President Vladimir Putin. She said the state media outlet misrepresented the phone call. Tymoshenko and Ukrainian Member of
The United Kingdom is preparing more steps to punish Russia for annexing Crimea from Ukraine. The European Union and United States have both already implemented many sanctions against Russia. Now Britain’s Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) might end
