Epstein Secrets

said in a statement, "These reports are coming to light in the context of the President being soft on Vladimir Putin when it comes to NATO, the G7, Crimea, Ukraine and the ongoing undermining of the integrity of our elections. ... Our Armed Forces would be better served if President Trump spent more t

Nina Jankowicz, a fellow at the Wilson Center, writes that according to a criminal complaint in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, the St. Petersburg, Russia-based Internet Research Agency "funded and implemented its online influence campaigns in the United States." The complaint states, "On or a

de material support to the Russian leadership, as well as a bank that provides material support to these individuals." With Russia poised to annex Crimea and its troops massing near Ukraine's border to the east and south, the U.S. and the European Union are moving to coordinate ramped up economic pr

tin, and adds to the seven Russian officials and four people from Ukraine who already were subjected to sanctions. It also includes Bank Rossiya in St. Petersburg, which U.S. officials said has $10 billion in assets and is the 17th largest bank in Russia. Sanctions Targets Those targeted in the latest round

de material support to the Russian leadership, as well as a bank that provides material support to these individuals." With Russia poised to annex Crimea and its troops massing near Ukraine's border to the east and south, the U.S. and the European Union are moving to coordinate ramped up economic pr

tin, and adds to the seven Russian officials and four people from Ukraine who already were subjected to sanctions. It also includes Bank Rossiya in St. Petersburg, which U.S. officials said has $10 billion in assets and is the 17th largest bank in Russia. Sanctions Targets Those targeted in the latest round

ext of helping a "fraternal" ally in Kabul; to Parkhomenko, Putin's decision to couch his military action as the "protection" of Russians living in Crimea is an equally transparent pretext. The same goes for the decorous way in which Putin, on Saturday, "requested" the Russian legislature's authorizat

omacy. Obama had asked for Snowden's return. In response, Obama canceled a scheduled meeting in Moscow with Putin after the Group of 20 meeting in St. Petersburg last summer. The two met instead on the summit's sidelines, again failing to resolve differences over Syria. It was Obama's threat of a military s

er of the century. —VLADIMIR PUTIN I THE FIRST INVASION of a European country since the end of the Cold War, Russian military forces moved into the Crimea and other parts of eastern Ukraine in February and March 2014. Unlike with previous Russian troop movements, such as those into Poland, Hungary, Czec

dimir Sokolodsky, married a Russian woman, and died in Mexico City on January 17, 1987. Mitchell vanished from sight and was reported to have died in St. Petersburg on November 12, 2001. Hamilton, after telling Russian authorities stories about hearing voices in his head because of an NSA device implanted in his

r Snowden reached Moscow. For example, there were indications that the NSA had lost part of its capabilities to follow Russian troop movements in the Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. U.S. intelligence officials even went so far as to suggest, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal that “ Russian plan

dimir Sokolodsky, married a Russian woman, and died in Mexico City on January 17, 1987. Mitchell vanished from sight and was reported to have died in St. Petersburg on November 12, 2001. Hamilton, after telling Russian authorities stories about hearing voices in his head because of a NSA device implanted in his b