Epstein Secrets

imension to the Syrian drama. Now it's accused of protecting the "butcher of Damascus," while China withdraws into its shell. To the leaders of the Kremlin, this looks unfair. To start with, Russia doesn't count Assad as an ally -- he's merely a business client. Russia did lean on Assad, persuading him

eing on the wrong side of history, especially if Assad were to fall. The alternative would be based on an idea recently invoked by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, namely that in civil conflicts, the incumbent government bears a much larger responsibility than its opponents do. Had he really wanted a peace se

tion Ops Pose A Threat Past Election Day. • Poll: Four-Fifths Of Americans Call Misinformation About Campaigns "Major Problem." • Navalny Ally Says Kremlin Is Intimidating Him To Discourage Return To Russia. • House Independent Throws Support Behind Resolution Clearing Snowden, Assange. Criminal Invest

, increased doubts over a diplomatic push by major powers to bring peace to the South Caucasus region." Also on Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov "said...he had held separate talks with the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, who are expected to meet" with Secretary of State Pompeo on

Middle East Michael Weiss December 13, 2013 -- Russia is back. At least that's what they say— especially the Russians. 2013 marks the year that the Kremlin reasserted its power abroad in ways not seen since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and nowhere has this reassertion been more obvious than in the

docked at the port of Alexandria—the first time a Russian warship has done so in twenty years —amid the announcement that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu would be traveling to Cairo that same week for talks with their Egyptian counterparts on "military-technical" c

in Syria and Iraq, among measures it may take." Report: Biden And Putin Could Meet In June. Reuters (4/25) reports that, according to an anonymous Kremlin source, Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Biden could meet in June. The article claims Biden "had offered Putin to meet on June 15-16

could meet in June. The article claims Biden "had offered Putin to meet on June 15-16 in a European country," and it adds Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov "said on Sunday that Biden's proposal for the summit has been received 'positively' and is now under consideration." Navalny Allies Continue To Pro

ia And China Together. • South Korea's Moon To Discuss Climate With Biden Friday. • NYTimes Analysis: North Korean Nuclear Program Here To Stay. • Kremlin: Lavrov-Blinken Meeting A "Positive Signal" Ahead Of Potential Biden-Putin Summit. • Merkel Welcomes Biden's Nord Stream Sanctions Waiver. • Blinke

e Biden would go ahead, but hailed talks between the two countries' top diplomats as a positive signal." Reuters adds that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Secretary of State Blinken's "talks in Iceland on Wednesday were their first in-person meeting." Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov "said the talk

nd negotiate a transition with the opposition. The regime responded yesterday by blasting this "blatant interference in its internal affairs." The Kremlin's support makes it harder to ease Mr. Assad out peacefully in Damascus. But perhaps Mr. Putin's loyalty can be explained by the fact that he faces

, and in Moscow Vladimir Putin won't abandon the son of the Soviet Union's favorite Arab tyrant, Hafez Assad. Far from it. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov last week rejected any talk of new U.N. sanctions or arms embargo on Syria. He even defended Moscow's right to arm Mr. Assad as he kills more civil

the Syrian government to forestall checkmate and p=olong stalemate. Since Putin is Russian, chess has been the go-to me=aphor for portraying recent Kremlin strategy. No surprise, then, tha= Putin's move in Syria has been hailed (by som=) as the brilliant gambit of a grandmaster. The='re wrong. It's more

ve already attempted: bombing a broken country back=into shape. At what point will the Russian leader write a confidenti=l note to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to confess that their strategy of="strategic bombing" has yielded "zilch"?=/span> Is ego and acceptance as the other world superpower =oing to be wo

become a vicious vortex sucking the Russian ship downward into its maw. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov last week sent a few subtle signals that the Kremlin might be trying to distance itself from Syrian President Bashar Assad, but to no avail. Assad turns to Russia for support, and the Kremlin involunt

Alexander Shumilin 04 June 2012 -- The Syrian problem has become a vicious vortex sucking the Russian ship downward into its maw. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov last week sent a few subtle signals that the Kremlin might be trying to distance itself from Syrian President Bashar Assad, but to no avail. Assad

n with the FSB and other Russian agencies. At the outset, Kucherena made it clear to Snowden that he would have to play by Moscow’s tules before the Kremlin would grant him permission to stay in Russia. To begin with, Snowden had to withdraw any and application he had made elsewhere for asylum. He had to

ain Putin’s decision to allow Snowden to come to Moscow. As has been discussed earlier, it was not a minor sacrifice for Putin. His foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, had spent almost six months negotiating with Hillary Clinton’s State Department a one-on-one summit between President Obama and President Putin. Not