Jill Dougherty
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Analysis: Russians in the dark about true state of war amid country's Orwellian media coverage
The heartbreaking video looks just like the pictures western TV viewers are getting from the war in Ukraine: a grandmother, bundled up in a thick jacket against the cold, stands weeping in front of her wooden house, now smoldering from a rocket that hit her village. "They destroyed everything!" she cries. "Nothing is left." → Read More
Putin lashes out with ominous threat to Ukrainians and other countries
Before the crack of dawn, just before explosions began in cities across Ukraine, Russian state television unexpectedly broadcast an address by Russian President Vladimir Putin. → Read More
Is There Really a “Putin Generation?”
BY JILL DOUGHERTY Vladimir Putin and his former wife Lyudmila have two grown daughters, but that’s not the “Putin Generation” I am interested in. It’s young Russians, twenty years old or younger, who’ve grown up with no leader other than Putin (with the brief but ultimately insignificant interlude of Dmitry Medvedev’s presidency). I’ve had my eye on them for quite some time. I’ve seen them… → Read More
Sound the alarm on deadly US-Russia nuclear threat
Jill Dougherty writes that the New START treaty should be extended to provide both the US and Russia with some breathing space to work on future global security agreements. → Read More
We need a new approach to deal with an aggressive Russia
I first went to Russia in 1969 as an exchange student. I've studied, lived, worked and traveled there ever since. I'm now considered an "expert" on Russia, a word which always strikes me as an exaggeration when it comes to understanding a country as complex as this. → Read More
Russia's snark might have finally pushed the West too far
Reacting to the diplomatic blowup over the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in the UK, Moscow may have overplayed its hand, Jill Dougherty says. Western governments aren't amused; the joke, in the end, may be on Russia. → Read More
Russia summons American diplomat as its US outposts are ordered to close
Russia handed a senior US diplomat in Moscow a strongly worded note of protest Saturday, the same day US officials had vowed to shutter three Russian diplomatic facilities in the United States amid escalating tensions. → Read More
Peskov: Trump lawyer wrote to Kremlin, got no response
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he got an email from Trump lawyer Michael Cohen asking for help with a Moscow real estate deal, but said he did not respond. → Read More
Peskov: Trump lawyer wrote to Kremlin, got no response
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he got an email from Trump lawyer Michael Cohen asking for help with a Moscow real estate deal, but said he did not respond. → Read More
5 convicted of murder of dissident Russian lawmaker Boris Nemtsov
Five Chechen men have been found guilty in connection with the murder of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, according to Russian state news agency Tass. → Read More
Don't expect much out of a Putin-Trump meeting
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit. Given all the issues facing the US and Russia, don't expect much to come of it. → Read More
Russia cancels talks with US over tightening of sanctions
Russia has canceled a meeting between senior US and Russian officials that was aimed at resolving problems in the relationship between the two countries. → Read More
Rhetoric isn't working -- Trump needs to speak with Putin
Since Putin does not respond positively to excess praise or insult, Jill Dougherty writes that American leaders should spend more time negotiating, clear-eyed and rationally, with the Russian leader. → Read More
Friend or foe, Putin's making the most of Trump
In Moscow, the love affair with Trump is cooling -- but Trump's travails can serve the Kremlin's ambitions, says Jill Dougherty. → Read More
Russia prepares to decriminalize some domestic violence
There's an old Russian expression: "If he beats you it means he loves you." → Read More
Why Russia is happy to see the back of Obama
The Obama presidency is almost over -- and Russian officials can't wait. They're not mincing words. → Read More
Russia denies having compromising material on Donald Trump
The Kremlin denied it has compromising information about US President-elect Donald Trump, describing the allegations as "pulp fiction". → Read More
US election hacking: Russia hits back at 'unfounded' allegations
Russia has accused the US of embarking on a "full-scale witch hunt" over accusations it engaged in hacking during the presidential election. → Read More
Vladimir Putin's asymmetrical diplomacy
Vladimir Putin's charm offensive on Donald Trump evokes elements of "asymmetric diplomacy:" unpredictable moves designed to keep opponents off guard. → Read More
What millennials think of Putin's Russia
They were born in the New Russia, after the old Soviet Union had collapsed. This generation have grown up in a different country from their parents and known just the one president all their lives. → Read More