Tag - russia

 
 

RUSSIA

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 9, 2017
Obama warned Trump in November not to tap Flynn as national security adviser: ex-aide
Former U.S. President Barack Obama warned then-President-elect Donald Trump not to give the post of national security adviser in his administration to Michael Flynn, who was eventually fired in a controversy about ties to Russia, a former Obama aide said.
WORLD
May 8, 2017
Putin holds out olive branch to Macron
Russian President Vladimir Putin told France's President-elect Emmanuel Macron on Monday he wanted to put mistrust aside and work with him, in a change of tack after the Kremlin expressed support for Macron's rivals in the presidential race.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2017
Russia's neo-feudal capitalism
Russian President Vladimir Putin's model of crony capitalism poses a genuine threat to social and political stability.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 3, 2017
As U.S. and China find common ground on North Korea, will Russia aid Kim regime?
When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent Lunar New Year greetings this year, the first card went to Russian President Vladimir Putin, ahead even of leaders from China and other allies of the isolated country, according to its official news agency.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 1, 2017
In TV interview, Trump says China could have hacked Democratic emails
U.S. President Donald Trump said China may have hacked the emails of Democratic officials to meddle with the 2016 presidential election, countering the view of U.S. intelligence officials who have said Moscow orchestrated the hacks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2017
Moscow mad after Macron camp bars Russian media outlets over alleged fake news
Russia accused French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's campaign team of discriminating against its media on Thursday, saying it had trampled on the freedom of the press by banning Russian news outlets from its events.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 26, 2017
Abe-Putin summit in Russia to spotlight territorial dispute and North Korean threat
From North Korea to scallops, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin have a wide range of items on their agenda when they meet Thursday in Moscow.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 25, 2017
U.S. Senate gives limited resources to Russia election-meddling probe
The Senate's main investigation into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election is equipped with a much smaller staff than previous high-profile intelligence and scandal probes in Congress, which could potentially affect its progress, according to sources and a Reuters review...
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 24, 2017
Russia hacked Danish defense for two years, tapped emails: minister
Russia hacked the Danish defense and gained access to employees' emails in 2015 and 2016, NATO member Denmark's defense minister told the newspaper Berlingske on Sunday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 22, 2017
U.S. court gives Russian lawmaker's son 27 years in prison for hacking
A U.S. federal court sentenced the son of a Russian lawmaker to 27 years in prison on Friday over a cyberassault on thousands of U.S. businesses. It is the longest hacking-related sentence ever imposed in the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 22, 2017
U.S. will not give Exxon special permission to drill in Russia
The United States will not make an exception for American companies, including Exxon Mobil, seeking to drill for oil in areas prohibited by U.S. sanctions on Russia, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 21, 2017
Goodbye Lenin? Russian lawmakers introduce law to get him buried
The embalmed corpse of Vladimir Lenin has lain in a mausoleum on Red Square since his death in 1924 but now, a century after the revolution he spearheaded, legislation designed to turf him out has been introduced into the Russian parliament.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 21, 2017
British defense chief says Trump now views Russia as 'competitor'
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is shifting its stance on Russia and now sees Moscow as a competitor, Britain's defense minister said on Thursday during a trip to the Baltic states designed to underline NATO's new deterrent forces.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 18, 2017
Putin's mouthpiece says Trump more dangerous than North Korea's Kim
Russian state television has no doubt who is unpredictable enough to bring the world to war in the North Korean crisis, and it's not the reclusive communist dictator Kim Jong Un.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 17, 2017
Trump stumbles into Putin's Syrian backyard
The U.S. has stepped into a gaping power vacuum in the Middle East.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2017
U.S. must walk dangerous line to manage Syria, North Korea crises
The Syrian and North Korean crises both bisect Washington's relations with its two top geopolitical rivals — Russia and China — and neither offers an easy solution.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 12, 2017
Tillerson heads to Moscow with call from West for Russia to ditch Assad
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson carried a message from world powers to Moscow on Tuesday denouncing Russian support for Syria's Bashar Assad, as the Trump administration took on America's traditional mantle as leader of a unified West.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 12, 2017
Pyongyang media warn of nuke strike if provoked by U.S.; Russia worried
North Korean state media warned on Tuesday of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of American aggression as a U.S. Navy strike group steamed toward the western Pacific.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2017
Russia turns iffy on Japan gas future as Abe heads to Moscow
Russia's Gazprom PJSC isn't confident in Japan's future as a growing natural gas user, which may damp prospects of a proposed pipeline between the countries as Premier Shinzo Abe travels to Moscow later this month.

Longform

Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.