by Jim Heath | Dec 9, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Olympics
The World Anti-Doping Agency slapped Russia with a four-year ban from participating in international sports, including the Olympics, today. The decision came after Moscow was accused of manipulating athletes’ doping records and falsifying drug laboratory data that was...
by Jim Heath | Dec 9, 2019 | Headlines
A long-awaited Justice Department inspector general’s report examining the FBI’s investigation into possible coordination between President Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia rebuts some of conservatives’ most sensational allegations about the case — including that top...
by Jim Heath | Dec 2, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Russia and China have launched a new international gas pipeline days after they completed their first cross-border road bridge, signifying the latest projects between powers set on accelerating cooperation. Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China...
by Jim Heath | Nov 14, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
About 200 Russian fighters have arrived in Libya in the last two months as part of a broad campaign by the Kremlin to reassert its influence across the Middle East and Africa. After years of providing behind-the-scenes support for a would-be Libyan strongman, Moscow...
by Jim Heath | Oct 29, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
It has been a winning week for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his goal of expanding Moscow’s geopolitical clout. On Tuesday, after U.S. troops withdrew, Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan effectively carved up northeastern Syria between themselves,...
