By ANDREW HIGGINS DEC. 9, 2016 CAMBRIDGE, England — His indomitable will steeled by a dozen years in the Soviet gulag, decades of sparring with the K.G.B. and a bout of near fatal heart disease, Vladimir K. Bukovsky, a tireless opponent of Soviet leaders and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, is not a man easily put off his stride. […]
By IVAN NECHEPURENKO DEC. 8, 2016 MOSCOW — Carter Page, an early foreign policy adviser to Donald J. Trump who was scrutinized by the F.B.I. on suspicion of private communications with senior Russian officials over the summer, was back in Moscow on Thursday. Mr. Page was closelipped about the purpose of his visit, telling RIA […]
By Dan Freed Tue Dec 6, 2016 | 2:44pm EST Blackstone Group LP (BX.N) Chairman and CEO Steve Schwarzman said on Tuesday he expected to see a “very substantial reversal of regulations of all types,” for the financial sector, following Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential election victory. Schwarzman, who was picked by Trump to chair a panel of […]
By KENNETH P. VOGEL and JULIA IOFFE 12/02/16 02:39 PM EST A top Russian official is accusing the Ukrainian government of undermining Donald Trump’s presidential campaign by trashing him on social media and disseminating dirt on one of his close associates. A spokeswoman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday contended that the Ukrainian government over the summer damaged Trump’s […]
Press release: DEC 02, 2016 President-elect Trump Establishes the President’s Strategic and Policy Forum (New York, NY) – President-elect Donald J. Trump today announced that he is establishing the President’s Strategic and Policy Forum. The Forum, which is composed of some of America’s most highly respected and successful business leaders, will be called upon to meet with […]
By STEPHEN SESTANOVICH NOV. 25, 2016 WASHINGTON — With a single phone conversation this month, Donald J. Trump and Vladimir V. Putin have started talk of another “reset” in ties between Russia and the United States. A new president, of course, has every reason to seek improved relations. But what could make this “reset” work? […]
By ANDREW HIGGINS, MIKE McINTIRE and GABRIEL J.X. DANCE NOV. 25, 2016 TBILISI, Georgia — Jobless and with graduation looming, a computer science student at the premier university in the nation of Georgia decided early this year that money could be made from America’s voracious appetite for passionately partisan political news. He set up a […]
David Lauter and Del Quentin Wilber November 6, 2016 The FBI‘s much-trumpeted new scrutiny of emails related to Hillary Clinton has turned up nothing that would cause the bureau to recommend charges against her, the bureau’s director, James B. Comey, has told Congress. Nine days after rocking the presidential race with word that a new trove of emails had been discovered, Comey […]
JAMES MILLER 11.06.16 10:00 PM ET This is the fourth and last in our series of articles laying out all you ever wanted to know about Trump and Russia, but were afraid to ask. Read parts one, two and three. Why do so many of Trump’s campaign staffers have dodgy ties to Russian energy companies or Russian state clients? […]
MICHAEL WEISS CATHERINE A. FITZPATRICK JAMES MILLER 11.06.16 4:59 AM Despite a lot of boasts and some shady fixers, Trump has spent decades trying and failing to get a foothold in the Russian market. This is the third in our series of articles laying out all you ever wanted to know about Trump and Russia, […]
