What do Putin and Trump expect from the Helsinki summit?
AFP | Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump will meet in Finland on Monday for their first one-on-one summit. He cited...
Russia hails ‘partner’ Trump ahead of summit: Kremlin
News Desk | The Kremlin hailed US President Donald Trump as a "partner" on Friday ahead of his first summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We...
Death by leaks: Russian hacking helped sink Clinton 2016 election campaign
AFP | In September 2015 an FBI cybersecurity agent called up the Democratic National Committee, just gearing up for the coming presidential election, to report...
Pakistan, Iran, China, Russia agree to carry out joint efforts against Daesh
News Analysis | The heads of intelligence services from Pakistan, Russia, Iran and China sat down for talks in Islamabad to discuss the rising threat...
Russia’s last tsar executed 100 years ago
AFP | It is a century since the execution of Russia's last tsar and his family after the revolution that established the Soviet Union, a...
Russia can mediate a grand bargain on Syria
M K Bhadrakumar | The prevailing impression is that Russia plays a hugely influential role in the Syrian conflict. But it is equally the case...
Trump’s breakthrough with Putin: Summit announced
News Desk | Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to a summit with Donald Trump in a third country at talks Wednesday with the US leader's...
Russia military ‘will stay’ in Syria – but not long-term: Putin
News Analysis | President Vladimir Putin says Russia has no plans to pull its military out of Syria, but isn't building permanent facilities there. The troops "will...
National interests and geopolitical factors in Russia-Pakistan Relations
Leonid Savin | Presentation text read at the international conference “The Seventy-year Jubilee of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the USSR/Russia and Pakistan”, Russian...
Trump ‘could pardon himself over Russia but won’t’, says Giuliani
News Desk | Donald Trump probably has the power to pardon himself in the Russia collusion affair but does not intend to do so, his...
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in Pyongyang: KCNA
AFP | Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Pyongyang Thursday, North Korea's state media said, ahead of a landmark summit between Donald Trump and...
Pompeo warns Russia: stay out of US ‘domestic matters’
AFP | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke by telephone to Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for the first time on Wednesday and warned...