CYBERWAR/EU/IRAN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hackers infiltrated the European Union’s diplomatic communications network for years, downloading thousands of cables that reveal concerns about an unpredictable Trump administration and struggles to deal with Russia and China and the risk that Iran would revive its nuclear program. In one cable, European diplomats described a meeting between President Trump and […]
Category: Russia
12/17/2018
CYBERWAR/RUSSIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An all-out social media push by Russia to elect Donald Trump tricked 30 million people into sharing posts and aimed to convince blacks and Latinos not to vote. That’s according to Senate-issued reports that found a ‘sweeping and sustained’ effort to boost Trump’s candidacy at key moments — think debates, conventions […]
12/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Russia’s disinformation campaign during and after the 2016 presidential election touched nearly every top social media platform as it sought to sway U.S. voters, according to a pair of reports prepared for the Senate Intelligence Committee that offer the most detailed look yet at the Kremlin’s interference effort. The reports, […]
12/13/2018
AFRICA/CHINA/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “National security adviser John Bolton unveiled President Donald Trump’s Africa strategy on Thursday [12-13-18], outlining a plan that he said focuses heavily on countering China and Russia’s expanding influence across the region, while also making sure US taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly with a reduction in US involvement in United […]
12/5/2018
ECONOMY/OIL/OPEC/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday [12-5-18] called on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies not to cut oil production next year, saying it would trigger higher oil prices worldwide…OPEC meets in Vienna on Thursday to weigh production and on Friday [12-7-18] will hold talks with allies such […]
12/4/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Tuesday [12-4-18] that the US will stop adhering to a decades-old nuclear treaty in 60 days unless Russia returns to compliance with the agreement…Pompeo said Russia’s violations of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty undermine American national security and as such, the US should not be […]
12/4/2018
CHINA/MILITARY/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday [12-3-18] said he would discuss military developments with his counterparts from China and Russia in the future, in the hopes of ending what he described as an arms race with the countries…Trump did not provide further details. He signed a $716 billion defense policy bill in […]
12/3/2018
CHINA/G20/MILITARY/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [12-3-18] expressed hope that he and the presidents of China and Russia might jointly agree to scale back defense spending, writing on Twitter that he was ‘certain’ that such talks would take place and saying the amount of money the U.S. spends on defense is ‘crazy’…Trump’s tweet […]
12/3/2018
CHINA/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am certain that, at some time in the future, President Xi and I, together with President Putin of Russia, will start talking about a meaningful halt to what has become a major and uncontrollable Arms Race. The U.S. spent 716 Billion Dollars this year. Crazy!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 3, 2018 […]
11/30/2018
G20/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet briefly at the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, albeit only ‘on their feet,’ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday, according to a Russian-state media outlet. According to a translation of Peskov remarks, he said ‘all participants will intersect’ at the G-20, suggesting […]
11/30/2018
G20/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House denied Friday [11-30-18] that President Donald Trump has a pull-aside meeting planned with Russian President Vladimir Putin after the Kremlin said an impromptu meeting between the two leaders would occur. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agency RIA Novosti that the two leaders may chat ‘on their feet’ […]
11/30/2018
G20/RUSSIA/SOUTH AMERICA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is set to meet with world leaders today and Saturday [12-1-18] during the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. There’s little expected in the way of climate change discussions ahead of the big United Nations conference that kicks off in Poland next week, but the likelihood of new […]
11/29/2018
G20/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump was only a half-hour into his nine-hour flight to the G20 summit here in the Argentine capital when he decided to pull the plug on the most hotly anticipated moment of his trip: a lengthy face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin. But while Trump’s abrupt decision quashed concerns […]
11/29/2018
MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One idea considered for the proposed Trump Tower in Moscow was to offer Russian President Vladimir Putin the penthouse, according to Felix Sater, who was working on the project with Michael Cohen. RELATED: Michael Cohen pleads guilty, says he lied about Trump’s knowledge of Moscow project Sater, a Russian-born onetime business […]
11/29/2018
G20/RUSSIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump announced on Thursday [11-29-18] that he is canceling a planned bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G-20 summit here, citing Russia’s recent confrontation with Ukrainian ships..Trump has been under increasing pressure to take a hard line on Russia’s decision to fire on […]
11/29/2018
RUSSIA/SOUTH AMERICA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….in Argentina with President Vladimir Putin. I look forward to a meaningful Summit again as soon as this situation is resolved!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 29, 2018 11:34 am […]
11/29/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Based on the fact that the ships and sailors have not been returned to Ukraine from Russia, I have decided it would be best for all parties concerned to cancel my previously scheduled meeting…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 29, 2018 11:34 am […]
11/29/2018
G20/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday [11-29-18] he will probably meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a G20 summit in Argentina over the weekend, despite having expressed displeasure with Russian actions against Ukraine…He said he would get a final report during the flight on the tension in the region after […]
11/29/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WAR: “President Trump on Thursday [11-29-18] abruptly canceled his planned meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, citing the unresolved naval standoff between Russia and Ukraine and upending his hopes of further cementing the relationship between the two leaders. The president’s decision, announced on Twitter barely an hour after he told […]
11/29/2018
2016 ELECTION/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “When Donald J. Trump took a run at building a tower in Moscow in the middle of his 2016 presidential campaign, it was the high point of a decades-long effort to plant the ‘Trump’ flag there. The role his former lawyer Michael D. Cohen played in the endeavor entered […]
11/29/2018
MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The latest criminal charges against Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s longtime fixer, for lying about a Moscow hotel deal raised questions of whether Mr. Cohen created new legal risks for Mr. Trump or his family members, possibly by contradicting what they told investigators about the same project. The answer, […]
11/29/2018
CANADA/CHINA/G20/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Buenos AiresIf the G20 were a music festival, you’d be stressing about not being there. The once snooze-worthy global power fest now looks like diplomacy on steroids. Where else — even pay-per-view pales in comparison — will you get so many heavyweights waiting to face off: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump; Donald […]
11/28/2018
G20/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, convinced that he alone can break stalemates with adversarial counterparts on trade and security, will put his theory to the test in Argentina this week. Global markets and foreign capitals are eyeing him anxiously. The G20 summit in Buenos Aires has become a fulcrum for Trump’s high-stakes diplomatic gambles. […]
11/28/2018
RUSSIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Kremlin said on Wednesday [11-28-18] that Washington had not informed Moscow that a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Argentina this month was canceled and that it was still being prepared. Trump said on Tuesday [11-17-18] that he might cancel the […]
11/28/2018
G20/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “He once expressed hope that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia would be ‘my new best friend,’ but with friends like him, President Trump hardly needs enemies. Russia’s armed seizure of three Ukrainian ships in the days before the two leaders are scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the Group of […]
11/27/2018
G20/RUSSIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [11-27-18] floated the idea of canceling a scheduled meeting with President Vladimir Putin after Russia attacked and seized three Ukranian naval vessels. The president, during an interview with The Washington Post, said he was still waiting to receive a ‘full report’ from his national security team on […]
11/27/2018
RUSSIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump once mocked his predecessor as he confronted Russia’s 2014 aggression in Ukraine, saying Russian President Vladimir Putin was ‘having a great time toying with the President.’ More than four years after he made that pronouncement about then-President Barack Obama to Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Trump faces a similar dilemma […]
11/15/2018
MIKE PENCE/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Russian President Vladimir Putin briefly talked with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence Thursday [11-15-18] about issues that will likely top the agenda of his planned meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. Putin said he and Pence spoke on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Singapore, discussing arms […]
11/12/2018
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/FRANCE/GERMANY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump discussed several key issues with Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a lunch at Élysée Palace, according to White House press secretary Sarah Sanders…Russian state news agencies reported a brief exchange between Trump and Putin at Sunday’s armistice centenary ceremonies […]
11/9/2018
G20/RUSSIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Families of those killed when a Buk missile blew Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 out of the sky above Ukraine in 2014 have called on U.S. President Donald Trump to press his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to provide answers about the downing. In a letter to Trump published Friday [11-9-18] on Twitter, relatives […]
11/8/2018
NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Alarmed at what they see as disintegrating curbs on nuclear weapons, a bipartisan array of American nonproliferation experts has urged President Trump to salvage a Cold War-era treaty with Russia that he has vowed to scrap. In letters sent to the White House this week that were seen by The New York […]
11/8/2018
RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration levied additional sanctions Thursday [11-8-18] on Russia for human rights abuses and illegal economic activity in Crimea, just days before President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin head to Paris for a gathering of world leaders. The move is another example of the Trump administration’s willingness to at […]
11/5/2018
FRANCE/RUSSIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday [11-5-18] he was unsure if he would meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a visit to Paris next week, but he will meet him at the summit of the Group of 20 nations in Argentina at the end of the month…Trump and Putin had […]
10/31/2018
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/NATO/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from a major nuclear arms control agreement with Russia is emblematic of his approach to foreign affairs. He announced the move without consulting NATO allies, many of whom helped secure the treaty three decades ago and will be threatened by its demise. And like much […]
10/25/2018
CHINA/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The New York Times has a new Fake Story that now the Russians and Chinese (glad they finally added China) are listening to all of my calls on cellphones. Except that I rarely use a cellphone, & when I do it’s government authorized. I like Hard Lines. Just more made up Fake […]
10/25/2018
CHINA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump continues to make calls via cell phone despite intelligence that China and Russia listen in, The New York Times reported Wednesday [10-24-18]. The Times report, citing current and former officials, said Chinese spies have listened to Trump’s iPhone calls and that the President’s aides had told him Russian spies […]
10/24/2018
NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Kremlin said on Wednesday [10-24-18] that U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to develop new ballistic missiles after the United States quits a landmark arms control pact were extremely dangerous. Trump, talking about Washington’s intention to leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, has said that the United States will develop new intermediate-range […]
10/23/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP BUSINESS: “If Democrats take back the House, the Intelligence Committee will investigate questions involving Russian money laundering and President Donald Trump’s businesses, Rep. Adam Schiff of California said on Tuesday [10-23-18]. Schiff, the top Democrat on the intelligence panel, told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on ‘The Situation Room’ that Russian money laundering is one area […]
10/23/2018
RUSSIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [10-23-18] he will probably meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month, when both leaders will be in Paris for the centenary of the end of World War One. After a meeting in Moscow between Putin and Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton, officials […]
10/23/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin plan to meet in Paris next month, officials said on Tuesday [10-23-18], their first encounter since a summit in Helsinki that unleashed a storm of criticism that Trump was cosying up to the Kremlin. After a meeting in Moscow between Putin and […]
10/22/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “BOLTON IN RUSSIA AFTER TRUMP ANNOUNCES INF WITHDRAWAL: White House national security adviser John Bolton is in Moscow this week after President Donald Trump’s declaration the U.S. plans to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. The treaty, signed in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, eliminated […]
10/22/2018
CHINA/EU/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Over the past few days the shape of what many in Europe and the United States call a new Cold War has begun to emerge — with threats and nuclear weapons that resemble the old one, punctuated by new dynamics, in part because of the rise of a rich, expanding and nationalist […]
10/19/2018
NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump confirmed Saturday [10-20-18] that the U.S. would be abandoning a Cold War-era arms treaty, arguing that Russia has defied the terms of the decades-old agreement…Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev brokered the pact in 1987 to halt the proliferation of nuclear and conventional missiles…White House national security adviser John Bolton, […]
10/19/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, asked about the Russian national charged with attempting to interfere in the 2018 midterm elections Friday [10-19-18], was quick to defend himself and repeat that there was ‘no collusion’ with his campaign…Federal prosecutors charged 44-year-old Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, of St. Petersburg, Russia, with conspiracy to defraud the […]
10/16/2018
RUSSIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “For the record, I have no financial interests in Saudi Arabia (or Russia, for that matter). Any suggestion that I have is just more FAKE NEWS (of which there is plenty)!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 16, 2018 8:15 am […]
10/11/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller has delivered written questions to President Donald Trump and his lawyers about a potential Russian conspiracy with the Republican’s 2016 campaign to influence the election, according to a source familiar with the matter. The submitted questions bypass — for now — a high-stakes legal fight over […]
10/11/2018
RUSSIA/SAUDI ARABIA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [10-11-18] that Saudi Arabia would redirect its spending to U.S. rivals if he cut off arms sales over the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, noting to reporters that the journalist is not a U.S. citizen…Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist who had been living in exile in the United […]
10/11/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s lawyers are preparing answers to questions for the U.S. special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday [10-11-18]. President Donald Trump’s lawyers are preparing answers to questions for the U.S. special counsel probing Russian […]
10/11/2018
CHINA/ECONOMY/GOP/MEDIA/RUSSIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday [10-11-18] he saw no reason to block Saudi Arabian investments in the United States despite concern over a missing Saudi journalist, saying the Gulf nation would then just move its money into Russia and China. Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, also […]
10/11/2018
RUSSIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Reports of a planned meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are not true, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday [10-11-18]. There are currently no plans for such a meeting, he said.” –Reuters Staff, “Kremlin: reports of planned Trump-Putin meeting not true,” Reuters, October 11, 2018 […]
10/10/2018
BRITAIN/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The retired British spy who wrote an explosive dossier about President Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russia broke his silence to criticize Trump and the ‘distorted’ state of US politics. The former spy, Christopher Steele, wrote to Vanity Fair shortly after he was named to the magazine’s ‘2018 New Establishment List.’ CNN […]
10/8/2018
CAMPAIGN/INTELLIGENCE/ISRAEL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A top Trump campaign official requested online manipulation proposals by an Israeli intelligence firm in 2016 to help defeat Hillary Clinton and Republican primary opponents, The New York Times reports. There is no evidence Trump’s campaign acted on any of the proposals by Psy-Group, a company staffed by former Israeli intelligence […]
10/8/2018
INTELLIGENCE/ISRAEL/RUSSIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A top Trump campaign official requested proposals in 2016 from an Israeli company to create fake online identities, to use social media manipulation and to gather intelligence to help defeat Republican primary race opponents and Hillary Clinton, according to interviews and copies of the proposals. The Trump campaign’s interest in the […]
10/6/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP TAXES: “The mystery of where Donald Trump found oodles of cash to buy property after property in the nine years before his campaign for president was solved in part this week by the New York Times, whose investigative reporters have for the moment seized from the special counsel the title of most applauded […]
10/5/2018
CHINA/CYBERWAR/ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House claims that China is meddling in the midterms do not ring true to experts and cybersecurity firms that have long tracked Beijing’s digital espionage operations and propaganda campaigns…President Donald Trump aired the idea last month that Russia isn’t the only country attempting to undermine the U.S. democratic process. And in […]
10/4/2018
INDIA/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “India could soon be faced with the threat of US sanctions following a controversial $5 billion weapons deal with Russia, a move analysts say poses more of a headache for Washington than it does Delhi. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi finalized the deal, which will see India take possession of a high-tech […]
10/3/2018
ENERGY/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Global energy bosses assembled in Moscow on Wednesday [10-3-18] said the world needed Russian gas to keep the lights on, in a clear message to U.S. President Donald Trump who has warned he may impose sanctions on Russian gas export projects. Trump’s administration, citing what it calls Russia’s failure to act as […]
10/3/2018
OIL/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday [10-3-18] that his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump was right that the current oil price was too high. Putin said at the Russian Energy Week forum that the price has risen because of the U.S. sanctions against one of the top OPEC producers, Iran. We would […]
10/2/2018
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team is combing through Roger Stone’s track record as a self-proclaimed ‘dirty trickster’ amid its investigation into whether Stone was involved in Russian efforts to steal and disseminate damaging information about Democrats ahead of the 2016 election. The questions about Stone’s past reveal how […]
9/27/2018
CHINA/MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned members of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that they must ‘set the example’ by enforcing sanctions on North Korea as China and Russia suggested the council consider easing the tough measures. China and Russia said the council should reward Pyongyang for […]
9/20/2018
CHINA/MILITARY/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The US imposed sanctions Thursday [9-20-18] against China’s military for its purchases of Russian military equipment in a move US officials said is meant to punish Moscow for its ‘malign activities,’ including attacks on American elections…The penalties were applied under a law that requires the US to sanction anyone undertaking significant transactions with […]
9/19/2018
MILITARY/POLAND/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As brand names for high-rise towers, hotels or golf courses go, it is hard to trump Trump. But what about Fort Trump, the supposedly tongue-in-cheek name President Andrzej Duda of Poland has proposed for an American military base in his country? The Polish leader discussed that proposal with President Trump at the […]
9/18/2018
MILITARY/POLAND/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Poland’s leader pressed President Donald Trump on Tuesday [9-18-18] to consider creating a permanent American military base in Poland, offering a tempting incentive: The installation would be called ‘Fort Trump.’ Polish President Andrzej Duda extended the invitation during a one-on-one meeting with Trump at the White House that focused heavily on the […]
9/18/2018
MILITARY/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [9-18-18] that Syria likely shot down a Russian military plane near its coast, adding that the United States and other countries are close to eliminating the presence of Islamic State in Syria and the region. ‘It sounds to me and it seems to me based […]
9/14/2018
ELECTION/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is finally making moves against foreign election meddling – and Russia says it couldn’t care less. Trump’s executive order this week authorizing sanctions on foreigners who mess with American elections could herald new headaches for Moscow. But Russian officialdom shrugged it off as internal U.S. politicking, and analysts say […]
9/13/2018
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: ‘We have found nothing to show collusion between President Trump & Russia, absolutely zero, but every day we get more…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 13, 2018 7:16 am […]
9/12/2018
2016 ELECTION/NSA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The former Director of the National Security Agency, retired Admiral Mike Rogers, said Tuesday [9-11-18] that he thought President Donald Trump should have taken the opportunity to confront Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly in Helsinki, Finland over Russia’s election meddling…In July, Trump met one-on-one with Putin, a meeting he did not […]
9/12/2018
2016 ELECTION/ELECTION/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Under fire over his handling of Russian election meddling, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday [9-12-18] meant to strengthen election security by slapping sanctions on foreign countries or people who try to interfere in the U.S. political process. The order, coming only eight weeks before congressional elections […]
9/12/2018
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order authorising sanctions against any countries or individuals found interfering in US elections. The order instructs the intelligence community to monitor and report on attempts to disrupt election infrastructure as well as propaganda. The directive itself is not a sanction, but imposes […]
9/12/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Under fire over his handling of Russian election meddling, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday [9-12-18] meant to make U.S. elections more secure by slapping sanctions on any foreigners trying to interfere in the political process. The order, signed by Trump only eight weeks before congressional elections […]
9/5/2018
2016 ELECTION/FOREIGN POLICY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After months of hugging dictators and dissing democrats, Donald Trump is now seen around the world as a deranged toddler—symbolized by the Trump ‘blimp baby’ that flew over Britain this summer and is now embarking on its own world tour. But beneath all the crazy talk that comes out of […]
9/5/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday [9-5-18] there were no ongoing preparations for a future meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump. ‘We don’t have any information about the preparation of such a meeting,’ Ushakov told journalists. The two presidents last met in Helsinki in July.” […]
9/4/2018
IRAN/MIKE POMPEO/MILITARY/RUSSIA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday [9-3-18] warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Iran and Russia not to ‘recklessly attack’ Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province, warning that hundreds of thousands of people could be killed…The northern province and surrounding areas are the last major enclave held by insurgents fighting Assad, […]
9/4/2018
IRAN/RUSSIA/STATE/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US President Donald Trump has warned the Syrian government and its Russian and Iranian allies against ‘recklessly’ attacking rebel-held Idlib province. In a tweet he warned of “a grave humanitarian mistake” in which hundreds of thousands of people could be killed. Syrian government forces are said to be preparing a huge offensive […]
9/4/2018
RUSSIA/SYRIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Kremlin dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning to Syria not to launch an offensive in the rebel-held enclave of Idlib, saying on Tuesday [9-4-18] that the area was a ‘nest of terrorism’. Trump on Monday [9-3-18] warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Iran and Russia not to ‘recklessly attack’ […]
9/3/2018
IRAN/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Bashar al-Assad of Syria must not recklessly attack Idlib Province. The Russians and Iranians would be making a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this potential human tragedy. Hundreds of thousands of people could be killed. Don’t let that happen!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, 2018 05:20 pm […]
9/3/2018
IRAN/MIKE POMPEO/MILITARY/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump warned Syria and its allies Russia and Iran on Monday [9-3-18] against attacking the last major rebel stronghold of Idlib province in the country’s northwest…Hours after the tweet, Russian planes struck parts of western Idlib, according to an activist media group and Syrian rescue group the White Helmets. […]
9/3/2018
IRAN/MILITARY/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday [9-3-18] warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Iran and Russia not to ‘recklessly attack’ Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province, warning that hundreds of thousands of people could be killed. ‘The Russians and Iranians would be making a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this […]
9/1/2018
DEMS/DONALD JR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’There is no possible way the Trump Tower meeting between Don Trump jr and a couple of Russians, who have very deep connections to both the Clintons & Fusion GPS, & where no information on the Clintons was exchanged, is a crime. Dems are blinded by their hatred of Trump.’ Bongino” […]
9/1/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’No information was ever given by the Trump Team to Russia, yet the Hillary Clinton campaign paid for information from Kremlin sources and just washed it through an intermediary, Christopher Steele.’ Jesse Waters” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 1, 2018 8:01 pm […]
8/31/2018
2016 ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Justice Department lawyer whose ties to the infamous dossier about President Donald Trump and Russia has drawn the ire of Republicans told House lawmakers that he was told Russian intelligence thought they had the then-candidate ‘over a barrel’ during the 2016 campaign, a source with knowledge of the testimony […]
8/30/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “What’s going on at @CNN is happening, to different degrees, at other networks – with @NBCNews being the worst. The good news is that Andy Lack(y) is about to be fired(?) for incompetence, and much worse. When Lester Holt got caught fudging my tape on Russia, they were hurt badly!” -Donald Trump, […]
8/29/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Russian company Concord Management and Consulting has latched on to the idea that special counsel Robert Mueller is conducting a ‘witch hunt’ and accused him in a court filing Wednesday [8-29-18] of indicting the company because of anti-Russian political motivations. Concord Management, which has pleaded not guilty to […]
8/29/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [8-29-18] the U.S. Supreme Court chief justice should tell the head of a national security court to question FBI and Justice Department officials about their use of a so-called Russia dossier as part of a collusion probe. Trump singled out Justice Department official Bruce […]
8/29/2018
DEMS/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Hillary Clinton and the DNC paid for information from the Russian government to use against her government – there’s no doubt about that!’ @TuckerCarlson” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 29, 2018 7:18 am […]
8/28/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Even in death, John McCain has one final burn planned for two of his biggest foes — Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump — at a moment when much of the world will be watching. The Republican senator from Arizona, who planned his own funeral, chose Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza as one […]
8/24/2018
IRAN/RUSSIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump criticized social media companies on Friday [8-24-18] for silencing ‘millions of people’ in what he called an act of censorship. Trump did not mention any of the companies by name. On Tuesday [8-21-18], Facebook Inc (FB.O), Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) and Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) removed hundreds of accounts […]
8/23/2018
LEGAL/PARDONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Amid a series of high-profile pardons and commutations by President Trump in recent months, his personal lawyers cautioned against even considering clemency for former aides under investigation by the special counsel until the inquiry was over, one of the lawyers, Rudolph W. Giuliani, said on Thursday [8-23-18]. Mr. Trump agreed […]
8/22/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/DHS/ELECTION/RUSSIA/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A battle between U.S. President Donald Trump and Democrats over federal funding to help secure November’s U.S. elections stymied legislation in Congress on Wednesday, at least for now, that is aimed at thwarting Russian meddling by strengthening states’ voting procedures. The Senate Rules Committee unexpectedly canceled a work session that was intended […]
8/21/2018
CYBERWAR/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Faced with new evidence that Russian hackers are targeting conservative American research groups and the Senate’s own web pages, key lawmakers from both parties signaled on Tuesday [8-21-18] that they were ready to move forward with punishing new sanctions legislation capable of crippling the Russian economy. And in three separate hearings on Capitol […]
8/18/2018
CHINA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “All of the fools that are so focused on looking only at Russia should start also looking in another direction, China. But in the end, if we are smart, tough and well prepared, we will get along with everyone!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 18, 2018 6:46 am […]
8/16/2018
CIA/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Director Brennan’s recent statements purport to know as fact that the Trump campaign colluded with a foreign power. If Director Brennan’s statement is based on intelligence he received while leading the CIA, why didn’t he include it in the Intelligence Community Assessment……” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2018 8:54 pm […]
8/14/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House national security adviser John Bolton will meet Russian officials in Geneva next week as a follow-up to the summit meeting that President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had in Helsinki last month, the White House said. Bolton, as part of his trip, will also visit Israel and […]
8/9/2018
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. unveiled a new series of sanctions on Moscow over a nerve-agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in the U.K., in a rare direct confrontation that could escalate into a broad series of diplomatic and economic measures between the two countries. The U.S. announcement Wednesday [8-8-18] included […]
8/8/2018
RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration will impose sanctions on Russia under a chemical and biological warfare law following the poisoning of a former Russian agent and his daughter in the UK earlier this year, the State Department announced Wednesday [8-8-18]. In a statement Wednesday, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the US had made […]
8/8/2018
RAND PAUL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Rand Paul said Wednesday [8-8-18] that he delivered a letter from President Trump to Vladimir Putin during his trip to Moscow this week, a move that comes amid heightened scrutiny of the president’s relationship with the Russian leader. Mr. Paul (R., Ky.) tweeted Wednesday that he was ‘honored’ to […]
8/8/2018
RAND PAUL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House pushed back against Sen. Rand Paul Wednesday [8-8-18] after the Kentucky Republican implied on Twitter that President Trump had asked him to deliver a letter of introduction to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Paul, who has been visiting Russia with a delegation for several days, said, ‘I was […]
8/8/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/POLLS/RUSSIA/TRADE WARS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s political stumbles on Russia, his protracted trade war and his overall ‘impulsive’ behavior have deeply rattled potential voters, according to a new poll by a left-leaning group. A majority of respondents to the survey, commissioned by the nonprofit group National Security Action and first provided to POLITICO, believe […]
8/8/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Before President Trump headed to meet Vladimir Putin last month, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein requested a meeting in the Oval Office. He was ready to indict Russian officials for election hacking and wanted to know if the president wanted the Justice Department to announce the charges before or after […]
8/5/2018
2016 ELECTION/DONALD JR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Sunday [8-5-18] that a Trump Tower meeting between top campaign aides and a Kremlin-connected lawyer was designed to ‘get information on an opponent’ — the starkest acknowledgment yet that a statement he dictated last year about the encounter was misleading. Mr. Trump made the comment in […]