Shortly after Donald Trump was announced as the U.S. president-elect on Nov. 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his congratulations, and shared his hope that he and Trump could “work together to lift Russian–U.S. relations out of the current crisis.” Days later, on Nov. 14, Trump and Putin had a phone call, during which they […]

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia—As Melania Trump prepares to move into the White House, the future first lady’s native Slovenia is offering to serve as a mediator between her husband and Russian President Vladimir Putin once Donald Trump takes office. Slovenia’s Prime Minister Miro Cerar said in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday that the tiny […]

MOSCOW—President Vladimir Putin has given a Russian passport to U.S. action film star Steven Seagal, calling it a sign of a thaw in relations with the United States. The 64-year old actor has been a regular visitor to Russia in recent years and has accompanied Putin to several martial arts events. Seagal also has vocally […]

MOSCOW—The Kremlin accused U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration Thursday of trying to damage relations with Russia to a degree that would make rebuilding them in the future a challenge. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said Putin’s telephone conversation with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump this week revealed a “shared desire to join […]

A leading Republican voice on national security matters has declared as “unacceptable” any attempt by the incoming Trump administration to reset relations with Russia. In a statement issued Tuesday, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said the price of starting anew with Moscow would be U.S. complicity in the “butchery of the Syrian people” being carried out by […]

MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin and President-elect Donald Trump spoke over the phone Monday to discuss future efforts to improve the U.S.-Russian ties, the Kremlin and Trump’s office said. “President-elect Trump noted to President Putin that he is very much looking forward to having a strong and enduring relationship with Russia and the people of Russia,” […]

The Russian government has had contact with members of President-elect Donald Trump’s team during the election campaign, a senior Russian diplomat said on Thursday. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the Interfax news agency that “there were contacts … We are doing this and have been doing this during the election campaign.” It’s not […]

A Ukrainian group claims it hacked the email account of one of Vladimir Putin’s top aides, releasing more than 1 gigabyte of emails. The trove of emails from Vladislav Surkov show how Russia was likely involved in the separatist movement in Ukraine. “This is a serious hack,” said Maks Czuperski, head of the Digital Forensic Research Lab […]

Donald Trump was featured on the TV program Politicking with Larry King on the Russian government-funded television network Russia Today (RT).

The Clinton campaign responded on Friday to the resignation of Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, by questioning Trump’s relations to Russia. “Paul Manafort’s resignation is a clear admission that the disturbing connections between Donald Trump’s team and pro-Kremlin elements in Russia and Ukraine are untenable,” said campaign Manager Robby Mook in a statement. “It’s […]

Former CIA Director Michael J. Morell said Donald Trump was "played" by Russian leader Vladimir Putin, adding that he will vote for Hillary Clinton.

Donald Trump gave a throwback to the primary season when he fielded questions from the room and left the gathered reporters perplexed by his responses.

BEIJING—Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday emphasized economic ties with China and praised what he called Russia’s “all-embracing and strategic partnership” with its neighbor, during a visit to Beijing that takes place against the background of a drop in trade and lingering mistrust. Putin told Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that ties were based firmly on […]

The director of Russia's anti-doping lab said dozens of Russian athletes used a cocktail of drugs to win medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, reported The New York Times on May 12.

The thousands of Russian names on a list of offshore companies suggests President Vladimir Putin's effort to crack down on such entities is ineffective, experts say, and highlights how keeping wealth abroad remains one of the few ways to keep it safe from corrupt local officials.

BERLIN— A German newspaper that obtained leaked files from a Panamanian law firm detailing offshore financial dealings published Friday what it said is a manifesto from its anonymous source, who described having been moved to act by "the scale of the...

As the NATO-Russia Council prepared to meet for the first time in almost two years, U.S. and Russian officials traded barbs over who’s to blame for a recent spike in military tensions.

Pro-Russian propaganda has been in full swing ahead of the election.

A new poll conducted by YouGov polled over 20,000 people in G-20 countries, and found that Hillary Clinton was favored in every country except one: Russia. .@yougov surveyed other G20 countries on who they want as next US president. In Russia, and only Russia, Trump won. pic.twitter.com/kMX1hiFkdD — Catherine Rampell (@crampell) April 18, 2016 Trump […]

"If you've got NSA and CIA spying on foreign governments, they can certainly get into a law firm like this."