Section: The Washington Free Beacon (USA)
Republican Congressmen Say Russia Further Violated Nuke Treaty
Two leading Republican lawmakers say that Russian violations of a key nuclear treaty have worsened, causing them to worry about risks to U.S. forces and allies from intermediate-range cruise missiles. Reps. Mac Thornberry (R., Texas) and Devin Nunes (R., Calif.), who chair the House armed services and intelligence committees, sent a letter to...
Finland Sees Propaganda Attack From Former Master Russia
By Jussi Rosendahl and Tuomas Forsell HELSINKI (Reuters)–Finland is becoming increasingly worried about what it sees as Russian propaganda against it, including Russian questioning about the legality of its 1917 independence. The country shares a 1,340 km (833 mile) border and a difficult and bloody history with Russia, of which it was once a...
Ukrainian Businessman Sought Meeting With Bill Clinton Last Year
Ukrainian businessman and major Clinton Foundation donor Victor Pinchuk sought a meeting with Bill Clinton last year over the situation in Ukraine, newly released emails show. Pinchuk, whose foundation has contributed millions to the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, “relentlessly” pushed for a meeting with the former president and...
Clinton Email Server Hit in Cyber Attacks From Russians, Other Hackers
Hackers from Russia attempted to break in to Hillary Clinton’s private email server although the cyber intrusions did not appear to be successful, according to FBI documents made public Monday. FBI investigators issued a qualified assessment of whether foreign hackers broke into the email server, stating in the heavily redacted report that...
Ex-Trump Adviser Says America Shows ‘Complete Disregard for Russia’s Interests’
Carter Page, who Donald Trump once named as one of his foreign policy advisers before reports surfaced that U.S. intelligence officials were looking into his ties to the Kremlin, recently penned an op-ed for a Russian state-controlled media outlet arguing that the United States shows “complete disregard” for Moscow’s interests. The op-ed,...
Baltic States, Poland ‘Distrust’ NATO to Respond to Russian Invasion
Government representatives and security experts in the Baltic states and Poland don’t trust NATO to come to their defense if they are invaded by Russia, according to a new study on the security challenges facing the alliance’s eastern flank. The Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank,...
Leaked Emails Show Clinton Praised Putin, Sought ‘Positive Relationship’
Leaked emails show Hillary Clinton praising Russian President Vladimir Putin in her speeches to Wall Street firms and other groups after her tenure as secretary of state. Clinton described how she sought a “positive relationship” with Putin and Russia in remarks to Goldman Sachs on June 4, 2013, Fox News reported. “I would love it if we could...
Russia to Build Permanent Syrian Naval Base, Eyes Other Outposts
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters)–Russia will create a permanent naval base in Syria to expand its military footprint in its closest Middle East ally, a government official said on Monday, a week after Moscow said it was considering reopening Soviet-era bases in Vietnam and Cuba. The move, announced by Russian Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai...
Russia Says U.S. ‘Aggression’ Threatens National Security
Russia’s foreign minister said Sunday that “aggressive steps” by the United States are threatening Moscow’s national security. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Russian state television that there has been a “fundamental change” in circumstances resulting in the existence of an “aggressive Russophobia” in the...
Report: Lobbyist Helped Craft Donald Trump Foreign Policy Speech While Promoting Russian Pipeline
A Republican lobbyist who helped shape Donald Trump’s first major foreign policy speech was at the same time earning thousands of dollars to promote the construction of a natural-gas pipeline on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The firm of Richard Burt, who served in former President Ronald Reagan’s administration, was paid...
