Vladimir Putin

Politics

US, Europe Sanctions Target Putin's Inner Circle

rtmbherron - March 20, 2014

Raising the stakes in an East-West showdown over Ukraine, President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered economic sanctions against nearly two dozen members of Vladimir...

Politics

Obama's Warnings Brushed Aside By Russia's Putin

rtmjfrost - March 7, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) -- One by one, President Barack Obama's warnings to Russia are being brushed aside by President Vladimir Putin, who appears to only...

Sports

Russia Kicks Off Sochi Games With Hope And Hubris

rtmbherron - February 7, 2014

A Russia in search of global vindication kicked off the Sochi Olympics looking more like a Russia that likes to party, with a pulse-raising...

Sports

Sochi's Opening Show: Let Putin's Games Begin

rtmbherron - February 6, 2014

They're designed to celebrate a millennium of Russian might and this country's modern rebound, and kick off two weeks of extraordinary human endeavors and...

12 Voices

Portraits of courage and strength

rtmbherron - December 26, 2013

The women of the year helped bring the economy back from the brink, worked against tyranny, and championed equality, education and justice. Most of...

Politics

WE'RE HERE, WE'RE QUEER, GET USED TO IT!

rtmbherron - December 18, 2013

President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced his delegates to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. And, in what may be a thumb...

World

Ukraine leader 'set to sign EU deal'

rtmbherron - December 12, 2013

(CNN) -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych intends to sign a deal on closer European Union ties, the bloc's top diplomat has said, after weeks of...

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