Posts Tagged: Vladimir Putin
Why the Ukranian Elections Matter
Ukraine's civil strife continues, now verging on civil war. Today in several eastern provinces, haphazardly organized local referenda had been planned to decide whether to...
1930s Déjà Vu in Ukraine?
JNS.org - Here's a history test consisting of just one question. What period do the following two paragraphs describe? Despite the best efforts of Western...
How U.S. Foreign Policy Went Wrong and Why
It is tempting to simply list all the ways the Obama administration -- particularly Secretaries Kerry and Hagel - has been wrong on foreign and...
Official Says Russia May Change Stance on Iran Nuclear Talks Amid Tensions Over Ukraine
AP - A senior Russian diplomat says Moscow may change its stance in the Iranian nuclear talks amid tensions with the West. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei...
Putin Plays the Anti-Semitism Card in Ukraine Crisis
JNS.org - Back in 2004, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused his regional rival Viktor Yushchenko, who was then the pro-western president of Ukraine, of...
Who’s Afraid of Putin?
As I watched the Sochi Winter Olympics, I thought of how Putin's long shadow was cast, malevolently, over the construction, the management, and the security...
Ukrainian Jewish Leaders Criticize Russia’s Putin in Letter
JNS.org - Josef Zisels, chairman of the Association of Jewish Communities and Organizations of Ukraine (VAAD), and several other prominent Ukrainian Jews have written...
Tough Times Again for Ukraine’s Jewish Population
We are now witnessing the latest round of violence and tragedy in the Ukraine. And not for the first time, hundreds of thousands of Jews...
Obama is Pressuring Israel to Gain Political Points Over Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin understands the importance of using the media, and is a master of the art of public relations. From his decision just prior...
Mikhail Khodorkovsky Released After Pardon by Russian President Vladimir Putin
JNS.org - Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, whose father is Jewish and has been incarcerated for a decade since...
Putin will Pardon Oil Tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky
JNS.org - Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to pardon oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, whose father is Jewish and has been incarcerated for a...
Obama Sides With Putin, Assad, and Khamenei
When protests broke out in Syria in late 2011, Russia hoped for a short, nasty war as a matter of Russian national interest -- just...
Egypt Turning to Russia? Don’t Count On It
Secretary of State John Kerry's visit to Egypt was a blatant fence-mender. He said the Egyptian interim coalition'sdemocratic roadmap was "being carried out to the...
What Russia’s Mideast Rise Means for Israel
JNS.org - Fresh off brokering a deal to place Syrian chemical weapons under international control, Russia has reasserted itself as a Middle East power...
