In a third round of talks on Eastern European security this week, both Kremlin and American officials sounded an increasingly pessimistic note.
Author: Anton Troianovski
Putin’s Next Move on Ukraine Is a Mystery. Just the Way He Likes It.
The contradictory, sometimes menacing messages from the Kremlin have stumped Western officials and Russia experts, showing the Russian leader’s desire to keep his rivals on edge.
Putin’s Next Move on Ukraine Is a Mystery. Just the Way He Likes It.
The contradictory, sometimes menacing messages from the Kremlin have stumped Western officials and Russia experts, showing the Russian leader’s desire to keep his rivals on edge.
Russia and U.S. Meet to Begin Negotiations Over Ukraine
Before the two countries met amid rising tensions over Ukraine, a senior Russian official and the U.S. secretary of state set a pessimistic tone.
Why Is Russia Massing Troops on Its Ukraine Border?
There are tactical reasons for threatening an invasion, but the real cause may lie in the Kremlin’s fixation with righting what it sees as a historical injustice.
Putin and West Spar Over NATO’s Military Ties to Ukraine
Tensions over Ukraine escalated as Russia’s leader demanded “legal guarantees” that the Western military alliance would not expand to the east, a position NATO regards as untenable.
Lithuania Welcomes Belarusians as It Rebuffs Middle Easterners
People fleeing repression in Belarus are processed quickly and given visas. Middle Eastern migrants passing through Belarus to the E.U. face a harsher fate.
On Putin’s Strategic Chessboard, a Series of Destabilizing Moves
In the stretch of Europe from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea, where Moscow and the West have competed for influence for decades, the threat of a new military conflict is growing.
Migrant Crisis in Belarus Tests Putin’s Uneasy Alliance With Lukashenko
Last year Vladimir V. Putin helped save Aleksandr G. Lukashenko’s Belarusian regime. But Russia now has an ever-more-erratic ally and risks entanglement in a dangerous crisis.
Russia Reacts to Belarus-Poland Border Crisis
President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said that Russia was doing all it could to resolve the situation, but he also warned of the possibility of a military escalation, according to the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.