Barack Obama
Obama Hails Arrest of Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect
Obama Talks With Putin, Lauds Anti-Terror Effort on Boston Attack
03:58 20/04/2013President Barack Obama spoke Friday with President Vladimir Putin and praised US-Russian anti-terrorism cooperation in the wake of the twin bomb attack this week at the Boston Marathon, the White House said.
Kremlin, Colin Powell Discuss Terrorism, Security in Moscow
16:58 18/04/2013Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell and Russia’s presidential chief of staff Sergei Ivanov discussed security issues at a meeting on the sidelines of the Russia Forum 2013 in Moscow on Thursday, following the terrorist attack this week in the US city of Boston.
Russian, US Officials Meet on Adoptions
02:24 18/04/2013Russian and US officials met here Wednesday to discuss adoption issues in the wake of Russia’s ban on adoptions of Russian children by US citizens, officials said.
US on Alert as Poisonous Letter Sent to Obama
21:30 17/04/2013The US capital was on high alert Wednesday after law enforcement authorities said a letter sent to US President Barack Obama has preliminarily tested positive for the deadly poison ricin and that suspicious packages had been removed from the US Senate.
Investigators Track Clues in Boston Bombings
20:05 17/04/2013A lid to a kitchen pressure cooker that may have been used in Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings was found on the rooftop of a building near the scene, federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday, according to US media reports, the newest clue in the twin blasts that killed three people and injured 183 others on Monday.
Chinese National Identified Among Boston Blasts Fatalities
07:27 17/04/2013One of the three people killed in the Boston Marathon bombings was identified as a Chinese national, Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday citing Chinese consulate officials.1
FBI Vows ‘Worldwide Investigation’ of Boston Attack
20:16 16/04/2013Central Boston was on lockdown Tuesday as police questioned witnesses and pored over evidence, vowing to “go to the ends of the earth” to catch and punish the perpetrators of Monday’s deadly double bomb attack at the famed Boston Marathon that killed three people and wounded 176.1
Putin Offers Help With Boston Bombings Investigation
12:31 16/04/2013Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Russia's assistance on Tuesday in the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings that killed three on Monday and left more than 140 injured.1
At Least Three Dead, Dozens Injured as Blasts Hit Boston Marathon
08:41 16/04/2013At least three people were killed Monday and more than 100 others injured, some critically, after a pair of powerful explosions ripped through a crowd near the finish line while the prestigious Boston Marathon was still in progress, local authorities and media in Boston reported.
Blacklists Hang Over Future of US-Russia Ties
01:37 16/04/2013The United States and Russia struck a conciliatory chord Monday following tit-for-tat blacklists of alleged human rights violators, but the contentious US legislation that sparked the diplomatic dust-up appears set to become a permanent fixture in ties between Washington and Moscow.
Moscow Says It Is Ready to Pick Up Positive Signals from US
19:36 15/04/2013President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov accused the US administration on Monday of demonstrating “conflicting behavior,” but said Moscow was ready to develop and deepen its ties with the US.6
Due West: Why Putin Sees Obama as a Weakling
19:07 15/04/2013The Kremlin must have seriously depleted its stocks of champagne on the weekend. The much anticipated announcement by the Obama administration of the Russians included on the so-called Magnitsky List no doubt caused President Vladimir Putin and his team to breathe a sigh of relief.
Obama Advisor to ‘Feel Consequences’ of Magnitsky List
19:49 14/04/2013US National Security Advisor Tom Donilon will become the first senior US official who will feel the consequences of the US sanctions under the Magnitsky Act, Alexei Pushkov, the head of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs, said on Sunday.1
US Set to Publish Magnitsky List With Deadline Ticking
19:59 12/04/2013The United States on Friday is expected to release a list of Russian officials to be slapped with visa and financial sanctions under the Magnitsky Act, a US law targeting Russian officials suspected of human rights abuses that has incensed Moscow over what it sees as Washington’s meddling in its internal affairs.1
US National Security Advisor to Bring Message to Moscow
17:27 12/04/2013US National Security Advisor Tom Donilon will come to Moscow on Monday and bring a message from President Barack Obama, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.1
Cool It, Obama Tells North Korea
01:58 12/04/2013US President Barack Obama called Thursday on North Korea to stop its belligerent saber-rattling and “lower temperatures,” saying no one had an interest in conflict on the Korean peninsula.2
Obama Pick for NATO Commander Calls for Russia ‘Partnership’
01:44 12/04/2013US President Barack Obama’s nominee to become supreme allied commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) said Thursday that the United States should not pursue an antagonistic relationship with Moscow but rather one of partnership and reciprocity.1
US Military Hit by Budget Cuts, But North Korea Defense Intact - Hagel
01:34 11/04/2013The US military has been hard hit by sweeping budget cuts, but has not lost its capacity to stand up to an attack by North Korea, defense officials said Wednesday.
Obama Calls for More Nuclear Weapons Funding, Cuts for Nonproliferation
01:11 11/04/2013US President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed boosting funding for the Energy Department to modernize the nation’s existing nuclear weapons in what analysts say is part of a bargain he struck with Republican lawmakers to secure their support for the New START deal with Russia to reduce nuclear stockpiles.