Writer: VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

September 4, 2013
9:09 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives an interview earlier this month, ahead of the G-20 conference (photo credit: AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin: We won’t ‘exclude’ UN-backed Syria action if chemical weapons use proven

Russian president warns West against one-sided moves, says delivery of S-300 missiles to Assad suspended

By John Daniszewski, Lynn Berry and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

August 1, 2013
4:58 pm

NSA leaker Edward Snowden during his meeting with Russian activists and officials at Sheremetyevo airport, Moscow, Russia, on July 12, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Tatyana Lokshina/Human Rights Watch)

Edward Snowden given asylum in Russia

NSA leaker leaves Moscow airport despite US extradition request; Putin aide says affair won’t damage relations with Washington

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

July 1, 2013
10:28 pm

Edward Snowden, a former contract employee at the National Security Agency (photo credit: AP/The Guardian)

Putin: Snowden must stop leaking secrets to stay

American whistle-blower and former NSA employee asks Moscow for political asylum

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

January 23, 2013
2:46 pm

A Russian woman holds her baby while leaving passport control zone just after their arrival from Beirut in Moscow Domodedovo airport, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia: No plan for massive evacuation from Syria

State Department says overnight evacuation of Russian citizens ‘speaks to the continued deterioration of the security situation’

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

January 22, 2013
7:37 pm

A Free Syrian Army fighter runs for cover as another fires his weapon, during heavy clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday, January 20, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)

Russia’s Syria evacuation reflects doubts on Assad

Operation has been small-scale, but marks the beginning of what could soon turn into a risky and challenging endeavor

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

December 14, 2012
4:25 pm

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, center, and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov in Moscow in April 2012 (photo credit: AP)

Russia backtracks on statement about Assad’s looming fall

Moscow claims official was merely characterizing the opinion of the Syrian opposition

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

December 3, 2012
8:43 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin (photo credit: AP/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Putin heads to Turkey amid differences over Syria

In Istanbul, Russia’s president likely to come under fire for his continued support of Bashar Assad

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

November 17, 2012
12:33 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin implied to German Chancellor Angela Merkel that a jailed member of the punk band Pussy Riot was anti-Semitic. (Photo credit: Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service/RIA-Novosti/AP)

Putin invokes anti-Semitism while defending imprisonment of subversive rock band

In meeting with German chancellor, Russian president defends move, falsely claiming musician had been involved in anti-Jewish display

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV