Posts Tagged: Vladimir Putin
Israel and Putin’s Russia — a Tenuous Relationship
For over 30 years, my principal public occupation in the global Jewish arena was to promote the struggle for liberation of Soviet Jewry. This brought...
Putin Is Playing Obama Like a Fiddle
Recent Russian efforts to magnify its Middle East influence have been accompanied by a seeming surge in Kremlin “reasonableness.” In fact, Russian calls for new...
Obama Fiddles While Russia Destroys Syria
Confusion reigns inside the Obama administration regarding Russia's military campaign to bolster President Bashar Assad's endangered Syrian regime. Russian President Vladimir Putin's intervention clearly caught...
Israeli, Russian Pilots to Carry Out Joint Exercise
Russian and Israeli Air Force pilots will begin carrying out joint training exercises, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry revealed, Maariv reported on Thursday. Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov...
Report: Israeli Defense Official Says IDF, Russia to Coordinate Aerial Activities Over Syria
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Moscow tomorrow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, an unnamed Israeli defense official said that the Israel...
Israel Concerned With Syrian Civil War’s New Game of Russian Roulette
JNS.org - The bloody and seemingly endless civil war in Syria has taken a new twist over the past month, with reports emerging that Russia has...
Pentagon Report: Vladimir Putin Likely Has Asperberger’s Syndrome
USA Today - A study from a Pentagon think tank theorizes that Russian President Vladimir Putin has Asperger's syndrome, "an autistic disorder which affects all...
Is the US ‘Pindostan’?
It is a mistake to belittle Vladimir Putin. Dislike and distrust him, fine. Believe he is a monomaniacal empire-builder determined to restore Russia's former colonies...
2014: The Year of the Bully
This past year, 2014, will be remembered as the year of the bully. From its start until its approaching end, the past 12 months have...
Iranian Democracy Activist Assails British MP George Galloway as ‘Voice for Dictators’ After London Man is Sentenced for Assault
A leading Iranian democracy activist has responded angrily to remarks made by the British judge who yesterday sentenced a man to a jail term of...
Kremlin Attack on Russian Website for ‘Nazi’ List of Wealthy Jews Meets Skeptical Response
A Kremlin-backed human rights body has assailed a Russian website as "Nazi" and "racist" for claiming that nearly one quarter of Russia's billionaires are Jewish...
Explaining the Roots of Islamic Terror
War is hateful, but when pitted against murderous aggressors, war must be fought. Northwestern Europe has not learned the lesson of the Chamberlain path to World...
Pushing Back Against Putin: No U.S. Leadership, No NATO
Vladimir Putin's efforts to establish hegemony over Ukraine may now have reached a decisive point both for the balance of power in Central and Eastern...
Putin Signs Major $20 Billion Oil Deal With Iran Sidestepping Western Sanctions
Telegraph - Vladimir Putin is eyeing a $20bn (£11.8bn) trade deal with Iran that would see Russia sidestep Western sanctions on its energy sector. Under the...
