Russia

Trump praises ‘very smart’ Putin for holding off on reprisals against US

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for not quickly hitting…

Syria truce holding despite isolated violence

by Layal Abou Rahal Agence France-Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) - A fragile calm was holding across Syria on Friday after…

Russia pledges reprisals for US hacking punishment

by Max DELANY with Susan STUMME in Washington Agence France-Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) - Russia on Friday eyed retaliatory measures…

Russia, Turkey ‘agree Syria ceasefire’

by Stuart WILLIAMS Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) - Turkish state media Wednesday said Turkey and Russia had agreed a…

Parts of crashed Russian plane found in Black Sea

by Vasily MAXIMOV with Maria ANTONOVA in Moscow Agence France Presse SOCHI, Russia (AFP) -- Russian rescuers found Monday the…

Police evacuate three Moscow railway stations after bomb threat: agencies

(REUTERS) Police in Moscow have evacuated almost 3,000 people from three different railway stations after receiving an anonymous bomb threat,…

Israeli PM, angered by anti-settlement U.N. vote, summons U.S. ambassador

  (Reuters)  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday summoned the U.S. ambassador to Israel to discuss the U.S. abstention…

Kremlin says Russia will never initiate an arms race – RIA

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has never initiated an arms race and never will, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on…

Putin warms to Trump, flexes muscles on Syria

by Maria ANTONOVA and Gabrielle TETRAULT-FARBER Agence France Presse MOSCOW, United States (AFP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday appeared…

Trump releases Putin letter urging better US-Russia ties

PALM BEACH, United States (AFP) -- US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday released what he said was a "very nice"…

Putin calls Assad to congratulate on Aleppo ‘liberation’

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin called Syria's Bashar al-Assad Friday to congratulate him on completing the "liberation"…

Putin: Nobody believed Trump would win ‘except us’

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia's President Vladimir Putin said Friday that US President-elect Donald Trump accurately read the popular mood…

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