Russian President Vladimir Putin has told the visiting German foreign minister that he would like to improve ties between the two countries that were soured by the Ukraine crisis …read more Source: ABC...

Mar09

Moldova: Russia intimidating officials over corruption probe

Thursday, March 9 , 2017 - 17:15 (EEST) Section: KXAN (USA)

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Moldova accused Russia’s intelligence service on Thursday of intimidating politicians and other officials, amid an investigation in the former Soviet republic into alleged money laundering by Russian officials. Moldova’s Parliament said Russia intelligence agents had “abusively stopped…. interrogated, and...

Mar09

Jon Huntsman, Trump’s pick for Russia ambassador, is a baffling choice

Thursday, March 9 , 2017 - 16:45 (EEST) Section: Vox (USA)

Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr. has been tapped to be President Trump’s ambassador to Russia. And that is very, very strange. Huntsman isn’t a Russia expert, or anything close. President Obama appointed Huntsman, a Republican, to serve as ambassador to China in his first term because Huntsman speaks Mandarin and had lived in...

Mar09

Still Waiting for Trump’s Russia Reset

Thursday, March 9 , 2017 - 16:45 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with his Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin on Tuesday, and according to the readout, the new administration intends to toe the line on Ukraine and uphold sanctions against Russia. RFE/RL: Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement after the meeting that Tillerson told Klimkin the U.S. sanctions...

Mar09

Kremlin Denies Violating Nuclear Arms Pact With US

Thursday, March 9 , 2017 - 16:15 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

The Kremlin on Thursday rejected U.S. claims of Russian violations of a landmark nuclear arms treaty, saying it has respected the pact and will continue to do so. The controversy over the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty adds another thorn in the side for U.S. President Donald Trump’s declared goal of improving ties with...

Mar09

Is Trump throwing Ukraine to the Kremlin sharks?

Thursday, March 9 , 2017 - 14:45 (EEST) Section: The Hill (USA)

OPINION | The Trump administration is throwing one of the friendliest and most pro-American countries in the world under the bus. …read more Source: The...

Mar09

Kremlin denies violating nuclear arms pact with US

Thursday, March 9 , 2017 - 14:45 (EEST) Section: KXAN (USA)

MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin on Thursday rejected U.S. claims of Russian violations of a landmark nuclear arms treaty, saying it has respected the pact and will continue to do so. The controversy over the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty adds another thorn in the side for U.S. President Donald Trump’s declared goal of improving...

Mar09

Moscow Cozies Up to the Right

Thursday, March 9 , 2017 - 14:30 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

Bistro Bis, a swanky French joint on Capitol Hill, is a Washington institution that has hosted all sorts of political summits over the years. But the group that piled into the restaurant’s Leaders Room on the night of Feb. 1 was among the more unusual. For four hours, current and former Russian officials dined with two Republican...