by Stephanie Haines | Mar 12, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday approved legislation that would impose sanctions on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine. The Senate bill would also provide a $1 billion loan to Ukraine and reform the U.S. participation in the...
by Christophe Haubursin | Feb 25, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Holding Russia accountable for possible violations of a 1987 nuclear missile treaty means keeping President Vladimir Putin’s priorities in mind, Sen. Marco Rubio said Tuesday at a Heritage Foundation event. Putin’s 2005 statement that the collapse of the...
by Stephanie Haines | Feb 3, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Days before the opening ceremonies for the 2014 Winter Olympics, tensions have risen between Moscow and insurgents in the North Caucasus, a region filled with instability, a panel of experts said Monday, heightening fears of a terrorist incident at the...