Tag: Vladimir Putin

How The Image Of A Besieged And Victimized Russia Came To Be So Ingrained In The Country’s Psyche

By Gregory Carleton | April 18, 2022 4:32 p.m.

Russia’s War Tests Evangelicals’ Longtime Support Of Putin As An Anti-LGBTQ World Leader

For the moment, Putin’s status as the global right’s moral vanguard is being severely tested, and advocates of traditional marriage may find themselves on the brink of divorce.

By Melani McAlister | April 6, 2022 12:06 p.m.

Liveblog: Unchecked Trump Has Asked Putin For Political Dirt Again

By Matt Shuham | April 4, 2022 10:06 a.m.

WH Finds Trump’s Call For Kremlin Dirt On Biden Family ‘Absolutely Disgusting’

By Summer Concepcion | March 31, 2022 6:49 p.m.

Trump Demands Putin Drop What He’s Doing To Help Him Unearth More Hunter Biden Dirt

By Summer Concepcion | March 29, 2022 6:42 p.m.

Where Things Stand: Cheney Warns Another GOPer Has Become One Of The Kremlin’s ‘Useful Idiots’

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By Nicole Lafond | March 17, 2022 6:49 p.m.

One of the continuing ironies of the current political moment is the extent to which it is now the norm for Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), despite her name, to break with her party on a number of issues, especially to critique Trumpian lines of thinking from the far-right faction.

Today she went after Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), criticizing the QAnon congresswoman for giving fresh air to the stale Kremlin talking points about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Biden Describes Putin: ‘War Criminal,’ ‘Pure Thug’ And ‘Murderous Dictator’

By Summer Concepcion | March 17, 2022 3:18 p.m.

Putin Puts International Justice On Trial – Betting That The Age Of Impunity Will Continue

Although the potential for holding Russian commanders, and even President Vladimir Putin, accountable and punishing them for international crimes is more likely now than in the past, the path will likely be long and difficult.

By Shelley Inglis | March 15, 2022 2:17 p.m.

Where Things Stand: Tulsi Gabbard Has Some Thoughts About Those ‘Biolabs’ That The Kremlin Is Fixated On

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By Nicole Lafond | March 14, 2022 7:00 p.m.

Former long-shot presidential candidate and congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii is just the latest U.S. politician to seize on debunked, Kremlin-backed conspiracy theories about the supposed existence of U.S.-run bioweapon research labs in Ukraine.

But she’s the first high-profile Democrat to do so.

What started as an InfoWars talking point has been embraced by the Russian and Chinese state media and has morphed in recent days into a full blown right-wing effort to place the blame for President Putin’s deadly war on Ukraine squarely on the shoulders of the U.S. right’s usual cast of enemies, including President Biden and, of course, Anthony Fauci. Kate Riga digs into the madness here.