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President Barack Obama answers a question during a joint news conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

‘Stop whining,’ Obama tells Trump, chiding for fraud talk

By KEVIN FREKING and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY - Associated Press

Illustration on the influence of Vladimir Putin on Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The Russian enigma and the U.S. election

By Richard W. Rahn

In this Oct. 4, 2016 photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pauses, during a speech at an event hosted by The German Marshall Fund (GMF) and the U.S. Mission to the EU at Concert Noble in Brussels. Kerry called Friday for Russia and Syria to face a war crimes investigation for their attacks on Syrian civilians, further illustrating the downward spiral in relations between Washington and Moscow. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Obama and John Kerry, Putin and Syria, and war crimes

By Bruce Fein

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2016 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with U.S. President Barack Obama in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province. The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, that the United States is conducting a "scorched earth" policy in relation to Russia during the final months of Obama's presidency. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russia rattles the nuclear saber

By L. Todd Wood

Worldly Ambitions of Vladimir Putin Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Vladimir Putin’s master plan: A Russian century

By Douglas E. Schoen

Putin proposes excluding athletes with drug exemptions

Associated Press

$\Russian air defense system missile system Antey 2500, or S-300 VM, is on display at the opening of the MAKS Air Show in Zhukovsky outside Moscow, Russia. The Russian military said Tuesday it had deployed the S-300 air defense missile systems to Syria to protect a Russian navy facility in the Syrian port of Tartus and Russian navy ships in the area. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, file)$

Russian determination, U.S. waffling as Syria burns

By L. Todd Wood

Russian President Vladimir Putin's decree cited Washington's "unfriendly actions" and the U.S. inability to fulfill its obligations under the 2000 deal as reasons for the move. (Associated Press)

U.S.-Russia tension escalates as Vladimir Putin ends nuclear cooperation

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Next president must stop Vladimir Putin

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2016 file photo, Secretary of State John Kerry speaks in New York. The State Department says the U.S. is suspending bilateral contacts with Russia over Syria. That comes after last week's threat by Kerry to suspend contacts amid new attacks on the city of Aleppo. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

US-Russia relations plummet further over Syria, Ukraine

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual state of the nation address in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. Putin says Russian military in Syria has been fighting for Russia's security. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) ** FILE **

Vladimir Putin suspends weapons-grade plutonium deal with U.S.

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting with VTB CEP Andrei Kostin in Moscow's Kremlin on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016. The meeting focused on the current operations of the state-controlled VTB, Russia's second-largest bank. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia fighting in Syria for a year, still at odds with U.S.

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 file photo, smoke rises over Saif Al Dawla district, in Aleppo, Syria. Residents in the rebel-held districts of Aleppo have a reprieve from the incessant bombings by Syrian government warplanes and the promise of an end to the crippling siege that has left produce stalls bare. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo, File)

Vladimir Putin’s bombings

By Donald Lambro

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during an awarding ceremony in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, pool)

Vladimir Putin mops the floor with Obama, John Kerry in the Middle East

By L. Todd Wood

Asked by a reporter about Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin called him a "standout, talented person, without any doubt." "It is not up to us to assess his qualities," Mr. Putin added, "but he is the absolute leader of the presidential race." (Associated Press)

Former CIA chief says Vladimir Putin is playing Donald Trump as an ‘unwitting agent’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Cyber Security Threat Against Elections Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Fears of Russian cyberattacks are legitimate

By Jed Babbin

Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. speaks during a campaign rally in Wilmington, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Tim Kaine on Vladimir Putin: ‘There’s a difference between dictatorship and leadership’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Rep. Ryan Zinke discusses leadership and Syrian refugees during a U.S. House debate in Petro Hall at Montana State University in Billings on Sept. 1, 2016. (Bronte Wittpenn/The Billings Gazette via AP) **FILE**

Donald Trump’s praise of Vladimir Putin gets thumbs-up from Navy SEAL congressman

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds the Cabinet meeting in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

GOP Rep. Sean Duffy: I’ll take our president over any kind of Russian leader

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times