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Topic: Vladimir Putin

October 17, 2013
5:48 am

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov looks on at the start of two days of closed-door nuclear talks in Geneva, Tuesday (photo credit: AP/Fabrice Coffrini)

Russia: Lift Iran sanctions in exchange for int’l control of nuke program

Economic pressure undermines attempts to solve the diplomatic crisis, says Russian deputy FM

By Yoel Goldman

October 2, 2013
5:14 pm

US President Barack Obama, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, June 17, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Evan Vucci)

Russian group suggests Putin for Nobel Peace Prize

American voices chime in, say Russian president more deserving than Obama, who won the award in 2009

By Spencer Ho

September 25, 2013
1:55 am

US President Barack Obama speaks during his address to the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday Sept. 24, 2013. (photo credit:AP/Andrew Burton)

Obama stands up too long at speech, stood up by Iran at lunch

Reserved reactions to US president’s triple-length address from both American and international officials

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

September 21, 2013
7:54 pm

From left, President Barack Obama, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, Syrian President Bashar Assad, and Russian President Vladimir Putin (photo credit: AP file photos)

UN may see big action on Syria, Iran

Signals from Tehran and Damascus as well as joint US and Russian interest may set the stage for groundbreaking resolutions

By Steven R. Hurst

September 21, 2013
3:47 pm

Vladimir Putin, the Russian president (right), and his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad smile as they shake hands in Moscow's Kremlin in September 2013. (photo credit: AP photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press service, File)

Kremlin aide: Russia could drop support for Assad

Russia warns it will withdraw its support for the Damascus regime if Assad found to be lying about giving up chemical weapons

By AP

September 20, 2013
3:40 pm

Syrian attache Ibrahim Othman, left, talks to the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, prior to the start of the general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in Vienna, Austria, on Monday (photo credit: AP/Hans Punz)

UN shoots down Arab push to condemn Israeli nuclear policy

Arab League move, blocked by 51-43 votes in Vienna, comes amid pressure on Israel to detail, relinquish its alleged WMDs

By Times of Israel staff

September 20, 2013
12:38 pm

A photo from the 1960s of the nuclear facility outside Dimona (photo credit: Flash 90/US National Security Archive)

Arab states push UN to condemn Israeli nuclear policy

Move comes amid mounting pressure on the Jewish state to relinquish its alleged weapons of mass destruction

By Times of Israel staff

September 20, 2013
10:11 am

Exploding mortar shells fill the sky with black smoke in Damascus, Syria, earlier this month (photo credit: AP/United media office of Arbeen)

Iranian president offers to broker peace in Syria

In Washington Post op-ed, Rouhani says America’s post-9/11 foreign policy has failed and should give way to ‘constructive interaction’

By Elie Leshem

September 19, 2013
5:07 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks during the final plenary meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in the Novgorod Region, on the banks of Lake Valdai, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (Photo credit: AP /Maxim Shipenkov, pool)

Putin: I’m not 100% sure Syria will comply with US-Russia deal

Russian president says Damascus WMD cache built in response to ‘Israel’s nuclear capabilities,’ calls Aug. 21 attack ‘sly rebel provocation’

By Times of Israel staff and AP

September 19, 2013
7:52 am

US Senator John McCain, center, listens as Senator Rand Paul speaks during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday (photo credit: AP/Susan Walsh)

McCain answers Putin’s New York Times broadside

Veteran Republican senator unleashes a wide-ranging attack in Pravda article, telling Russians they deserve better than their president

By Donna Cassata

September 19, 2013
3:38 am

Yevgeny Roizman speaks at a conference this week, in Valdai, Russia (photo credit: @hkanbolat via Twitter)

Jewish candidate beats Putin’s man in crucial race

Anti-drugs campaigner Yevgeny Roizman to serve as mayor of Russia’s fourth-largest city

By JTA

September 17, 2013
11:58 pm

From left to right: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel answer questions at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Syria in Washington, DC (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama administration briefs lawmakers on Syria plan

President and secretary of state hold talks with US officials in attempt to gain support for Russia-brokered deal

By Bradley Klapper and Donna Cassata

September 15, 2013
11:13 pm

Senator Lindsey Graham, right, accompanied by Senator John McCain, speaks with reporters outside the White House in Washington, D.C., in September 2013. (photo credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

In US, critique of Syria deal falls along party lines

Democrats say use of force still an option if agreement falls through, but Republicans say Moscow given too much say

By Libby Quaid

September 15, 2013
2:31 pm

President Obama makes his case during his weekly address Saturday for pursuing a diplomatic solution following Syria's use of chemical weapons. (screen capture: YouTube)

Obama defends shift to diplomacy on Syria as ‘responsibility’

US president pledges to hold Assad accountable for WMD use by keeping military option on table

By Lazar Berman and AP

September 15, 2013
11:03 am

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, June 17, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Evan Vucci)

Syria deal restores Russia’s role as Mideast player

Chemical weapons agreement checks US power while offering Obama a chance to buttress his anti-war bona fides