{"id":30887,"date":"2015-03-02T15:35:15","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T15:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2015\/03\/02\/schiff-russia-leading-authoritarian-wave\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:32:08","slug":"schiff-russia-leading-authoritarian-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2015\/03\/02\/schiff-russia-leading-authoritarian-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"Schiff: Russia Leading &#8216;Authoritarian&#8217; Wave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON &#8212; The House Intelligence Committee&#8217;s top Democrat warns a bipolar world order has emerged, with Russia leading a new authoritarian wave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s brash tactics continue to receive scorn from Washington to European capitals, from the ongoing Russian-backed intrusion into Ukraine and a mysterious murder of an opposition leader in Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"background: #ffffff;\">Now, we&#8217;re not seeing the same bipolar world we had between capitalism and communism,&#8221; Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Monday. &#8220;But we are seeing a new bipolar world, I think, where you have democracy versus authoritarianism, and Russia now is really carrying the mantle for authoritarian regimes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;And you&#8217;re seeing many of Russia&#8217;s neighbors follow in its footsteps,&#8221; Schiff said on MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Morning Joe&#8221; program, &#8220;and that&#8217;s a grave concern.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635701578467999961-june-18-frontlines-11jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635701578467999961-june-18-frontlines-11jpg.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635701578467999961-june-18-frontlines-11jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635701578467999961-june-18-frontlines-11jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635701578467999961-june-18-frontlines-11jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635701578467999961-june-18-frontlines-11jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Army Reserve soldiers from the Chicago land area conduct a flag folding ceremony for the family of Army Sgt. Lawrence V. Blanchet, WWII Veteran, who was killed in action on the Italian front while serving with the 92nd Infantry \u201cBuffalo\u201d Division in 1945. During the ceremony the Blanchet family received Blanchet\u2019s Silver Star in a formal presentation as well as a U.S. flag. The ceremony also included three volleys of shots fired, taps played and a flag folding presentation. (U.S. Army photo by Anthony L. Taylor\/Released)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He expressed doubt that Putin will lead a credible investigation into the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, killed last week just steps from the Kremlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schiff also repeated his call for the Obama administration to give defensive weapons to Ukraine while also slapping tougher sanctions on Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The administration has given Putin lots of exit ramps,&#8221; Schiff said. &#8220;The reality is he doesn&#8217;t want to take them and hasn&#8217;t taken them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;And while Ukraine will never win a war against Russia, we can impose additional costs, so I think providing those weapons, I think working with Europe to stiffen sanctions even further and exploring ways we may have to go it alone in terms of increased sanctions are going to be necessary,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They won&#8217;t work in the short term, as we&#8217;ve seen, but over the midterm, I think as &#8230; Russians continue to feel the downward drag on their economy, they may begin to question whether this adventurism of Putin is such a good idea.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i style=\"color: #333333;\">email: <\/i><i style=\"color: #1990e5;\"><a href=\"mailto:jbennett@defensenews.com\" style=\"color: #1990e5;\">jbennett@defensenews.com<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Twitter:<\/span><span style=\"color: #5b9bd5;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BennettJohnT\" style=\"color: #1990e5;\">@bennettjohnt<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Intelligence Committee&#8217;s top Democrat warns a bipolar world order has emerged, with Russia leading a new authoritarian wave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":66656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":8,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[8,33,19],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1090],"class_list":["post-30887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-congress","category-home","category-pentagon"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"EUSYI7D3AFF27CBD2GJS7YN6JI","arc_canonical_url":"\/congress\/2015\/03\/02\/schiff-russia-leading-authoritarian-wave\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Schiff: Russia Leading &#039;Authoritarian&#039; Wave - Defense News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The House Intelligence Committee&#039;s top Democrat warns a bipolar world order has emerged, with Russia leading a new authoritarian wave.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2015\/03\/02\/schiff-russia-leading-authoritarian-wave\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Schiff: Russia Leading &#039;Authoritarian&#039; Wave\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The House Intelligence Committee&#039;s top Democrat warns a bipolar world order has emerged, with Russia leading a new authoritarian wave.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2015\/03\/02\/schiff-russia-leading-authoritarian-wave\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defense News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-03-02T15:35:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-07T22:32:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John T. 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