Pro-Russians in Crimea viciously attacked and beat up pro-Ukrainians Sunday morning. Ben Brown from the BBC described the attack: It started peacefully. Ukrainians – many of them middle-aged women – waved flags and sang songs to celebrate the birth 200 years
On CBS’s “Face The Nation” on Sunday, former Secretary of State James Baker discussed the crisis in Ukraine and how President Barack Obama has handled the aggression from Russian President Vladimir Putin… Follow Pam on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
A live political comedy show might have made hay from the President of the United States hitting the links as a global crisis unfolds. Not Saturday Night Live. The once great sketch comedy show is expert at ignoring news that
NBC’s “Meet The Press” host David Gregory rebuked Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken suggestion that President Obama has put significant pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to withdraw from the the Ukraine: br>Follow Pam on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
National Public Radio’s national political correspondent, Mara Liasson, told Weekend Edition on Sunday that Republican criticism of the Obama administration on the Crimea was misplaced since, arguably, it was their own inaction when Russia’s Vladimir Putin invaded Georgia in 2008 that
Russian troops and forces loyal to Russia’s Vladimir Putin are preparing the way for their patron’s take over of Crimea and one of their tactics has been to attack and beat up journalists that might report what is going on
On the cold open for this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live,” Jay Pharaoh as Barack Obama and Liam Neeson as himself teamed up to offer a warning for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his tack toward Obama… Follow Jeff on Twitter
Vladimir Putin isn’t the only one who can slip a few armed men across an inconvenient border. Buzzfeed has a big story about a possible Mexican Army incursion into Arizona. It’s a big enough deal to have Senator Tom Coburn
The crisis in the Ukraine will likely end with Russia permanently controlling the Crimea, with the remainder of the country more tightly in its orbit than anticipated a few weeks ago. This is easy to attribute to Vladimir Putin’s appetite
Russia may block foreign inspections of their nuclear weapons due to threats and sanctions from the West over their occupation of Crimea, an autonomous republic of Ukraine. “The unfounded threats towards Russia from the United States and NATO over its policy
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia, March 7 (UPI)–Two members of the Russian punk rock group Pussy Riot have posted video showing them under attack in a McDonald’s in Nizhny Novgorod. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, who were released from prison in December,
By the end of the week, the Obama administration had begun to do what it had declined, at first, to do after Russia made its “uncontested arrival” in the Crimea. It had provided loan guarantees to Ukraine, and promises of
Ukraine will participate in the Sochi Paralympics even though they are facing Russian aggression in Crimea, the autonomous republic of Ukraine. Ukrainian Paralympic Committee president Valeriy Suskevich asked Russia President Vladimir Putin for peace during the games. “We are raising
Russian energy company Gazprom said it will suspend gas to Ukraine over a $1.89 billion debt. It will still deliver gas and energy to Europe. “Ukraine has de-facto stopped paying for gas… We cannot deliver gas for free. Either Ukraine
As Russia President VladimirPutin consolidates his military hold on the Crimean Peninsula, President Obama signedan executiveorder suspending certain Russian visas and allowing the TreasuryDepartment to impose financial sanctions on individuals and entities for “misappropriating state assets of Ukraine.” Both Houses
Andrea Mitchell had Sen. John McCain (R_AZ) on her Friday MSNBC program to discuss what can be done to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine when as a parting question Mitchell asked McCain to respond to a
Russian and Crimean politicians discussed Crimea’s desire to leave Ukraine and join the Russian Federation. Valentina Matvienko, speaker of Russia’s upper house of parliament, said if Crimea votes to join, they would be more than welcome to be part of
President Obama told Russia President Vladimir Putin in a 60-minute phone call to pull back Russian forces in Crimea and hold direct talks with Ukraine’s new government or face diplomatic and economic sanctions. Once again, Putin laughed off Obama’s warnings and
At the “Uninvited” event alongside the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Thursday, I had the opportunity to speak on a panel about the ongoing crisis inUkraine. I pointed out that if CPAC had ignored Ukraine to some extent, even the
Know your enemy is a great axiom of war – and politics. Whatever we may think of Putin’s despotic rule, it is hard not to admire his ability to continually run strategic rings around Western leaders. As the West’s leaders
President Obama and Russia President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone for 60 minutes Thursday about the crisis in Crimea. “President Obama emphasized that Russia’s actions are in violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, which has led us to
WASHINGTON–I certainly understand why freedom-lovers around the world are upset over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent incursions into Ukraine. And I understand why the good people of Georgia, Estonia and other Democracy-minded countries take exception to this sort of Iron
That bastard Vladimir Putin has finally gone too far. His mischief in the Crimea might actually scuttle President Obama’s Vacation Getaway of the Month. Politico reports: Vladmir Putin has put President Obama’s vacation plans on hold. Obama is headed to
Speaking at CPAC on Thursday, businessman Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “toying” with President Barack Obama while nations like China are taking advantage of the United States because they do not respect the president. Trump said
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD–The potential for a new world order in which Russia is the main superpower is a potential outcome of the current Ukrainian crisis, a national security panel at Breitbart News’s Univited II National Security Action Summit agreed Thursday. At
