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    The other half of Trump’s Russia problem—emboldened Putin rolls out missiles that violate treaty
    Feb14

    The other half of Trump’s Russia problem—emboldened Putin rolls out missiles that violate treaty

    It’s easy to focus on the side of the Trump-Putin relationship that revolves around Trump’s admiration for the Russian autocrat. But there’s a bigger problem than Trump encouraging corruption of US elections or even gifting Putin with $500 billion in oil money by lowering existing sanctions. Trump has also repeatedly...

    US Says Russia Secretly Deployed Cruise Missile in Violation of Treaty
    Feb14

    US Says Russia Secretly Deployed Cruise Missile in Violation of Treaty

    Officials say Russia secretly deployed a cruise in violation of a treaty that helped end the Cold War. The New York Times, citing Trump administration officials, reported that the deployment of the new cruise missile system violates an arms control treaty banning ground-based U.S. and Russian intermediate-range missiles. Moscow specifically...

    White House: Trump Made It Clear Russia Must ‘Return Crimea’ To Ukraine
    Feb14

    White House: Trump Made It Clear Russia Must ‘Return Crimea’ To Ukraine

    The White House says U.S. President Donald Trump has made it clear that he expects the Russian government to “return” the occupied region of Crimea to Ukraine and to “de-escalate violence” in eastern Ukraine, where Russia-backed separatists have been fighting against Ukrainian government forces for nearly three years....

    Former Lawmaker Who Defected To Ukraine Lambasts Russia
    Feb14

    Former Lawmaker Who Defected To Ukraine Lambasts Russia

    Former Russian State Duma Deputy Denis Voronenkov, who defected to Ukraine last year, has called Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region ” a mistake.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    After Flynn resigns, Dems ask what did Trump know and when
    Feb14

    After Flynn resigns, Dems ask what did Trump know and when

    By RICHARD LARDNER WASHINGTON (AP) — The resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn elicited a simple but persistent question Tuesday from congressional Democrats: What did President Donald Trump know and when did he know it? But many Republicans brushed past this echo of Watergate and another Republican president, Richard Nixon, to...

    Flynn’s downfall will make it harder for Trump to lift sanctions on Russia
    Feb14

    Flynn’s downfall will make it harder for Trump to lift sanctions on Russia

    Warming ties with the Kremlin is becoming riskier and riskier. On Monday evening, President Trump lost his national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who resigned amid a swarm of questions about whether he misled top White House officials and the FBI over a December phone call with the Russian ambassador to the US. But in the process, Trump may...

    Spicer: Trump has been ‘incredibly tough on Russia’
    Feb14

    Spicer: Trump has been ‘incredibly tough on Russia’

    The Trump administration will take a tough stance on Russia even as it seeks to work with the country on some issues, Sean Spicer told reporters Tuesday. The comments come after Michael Flynn, Trump’s national security adviser, resigned Monday night after revelations that he misled Vice President Mike Pence about conversations he had with...

    Donald Trump Is Giving The Phrase ‘Multipolar World’ New Meaning
    Feb14

    Donald Trump Is Giving The Phrase ‘Multipolar World’ New Meaning

    America Third Cross-posted with TomDispatch.comIf there’s a single consistent aspect to Donald Trump’s strategic vision, it’s this: U.S. foreign policy should always be governed by the simple principle of “America First,” with this country’s vital interests placed above those of all others. “We will always put...

    Manafort, Page, Flynn, Trump: Russia is the one story that can bring them all down
    Feb14

    Manafort, Page, Flynn, Trump: Russia is the one story that can bring them all down

    When Donald Trump slithered down that escalator in 2015 to announce he was running for president, he brought with him two decades of connections to Russia. By the time the primaries were winding down, he’d acquired a collection of staff and advisers who were not just Russophiles, but fans of autocrat Vladimir Putin. Chief among them were...

    The Logan Act Is the Least of It
    Feb14

    The Logan Act Is the Least of It

    Stop talking about the Logan Act.It was not the violation of this antique and ignored piece of anti-Jacobin legislation that has touched off the biggest foreign-policy scandal since Watergate.Nobody would care if an incoming national security adviser had confidential conversations with an ambassador of a hostile foreign government before...