Putin Urges Stronger Protection of Russian Military Secrets
President Vladimir Putin urged Russia’s top domestic security agency on Wednesday to tighten its protection of information related to new weapons and other sensitive data.
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Putin Spokesman’s Daughter Interning at EU Parliament
The daughter of the spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin has secured an intern’s job at the European Union’s legislature at a time of increasing political confrontation between the EU and Russia.
Read morePutin Says Russia Needs to Improve Standard of Living
Russian President Vladimir Putin focused on social needs in his state-of-the-nation address Wednesday, promising to raise welfare payments, improve education and the struggling health care system, and remove toxic dump sites from cities.
Read morePutin: Arms Control to Top Agenda in Meeting With Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin says arms control issues will likely top the agenda of his planned meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Read moreRussia’s Putin Calls Poisoned Ex-Spy ‘Scumbag,’ Traitor
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called Sergei Skripal, the ex-spy who was poisoned with a military grade nerve agent in Britain, a traitor and a “scumbag.”
Read moreSecretary Pompeo Offers Senators Little on Trump-Putin Meeting
Appearing before a Senate panel on Wednesday afternoon, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo revealed little about what happened during President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month.
Read moreTrump Delays Proposed Putin Meeting in DC Until 2019
President Donald Trump’s proposed Washington meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin has been delayed until 2019.
Read moreHouse Speaker: Putin Will Not Be Invited to Address Congress
House Speaker Paul Ryan says he will not invite Russia President Vladimir Putin to address Congress if Putin comes to Washington because “that is something we reserve for allies.”
Read moreWhite House: Russia Call for Ukraine Referendum Illegitimate
The White House said Friday it “is not considering supporting” a Vladimir-Putin-backed call for a referendum in eastern Ukraine in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s meeting with the Russian president.
Read moreWhite House Invites Putin to Washington for Fall Meeting
Unbowed by criticism over his Helsinki summit, President Donald Trump extended an invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet in Washington in the fall, the White House said Thursday.
Read moreSenate Resolution Warns Trump Not to Hand Officials to Putin
The White House said Thursday that President Donald Trump disagrees with a proposal from Russian President Vladimir Putin that would allow the Kremlin to interrogate a former U.S. ambassador to Russia and others.
Read morePutin Chides Trump’s Opponents, Calls Summit a Success
Russian President Vladimir Putin called his first summit with President Donald Trump a success — but warned Thursday that Trump’s opponents in the U.S. are hampering any progress on what they discussed, such as limiting their nuclear arsenals or ending the Syrian war.
Read morePoll: Most Republicans Still Fine With Trump Handling of Russia
Despite this week’s Helsinki summit, where President Donald Trump said he did not believe in U.S. intelligence agencies’ reports of Russian interference in 2016 U.S. elections – or perhaps may have just misspoke – a whopping 71 percent of Republicans say they still approve of the way he’s handling Russia.
Read moreA Day After Back-Tracking, Trump Defends Summit Performance
Taking to Twitter early Wednesday, President Donald Trump defended anew his much-criticized performance at the Helsinki summit, promising “big results” from better relations with Russia and hitting back at “haters.”
Read moreTrump Claims He Misspoke in Helsinki on Russia Meddling
President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday that he misspoke during a press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki and that what he meant to say was he didn’t see why Russia “wouldn’t” be responsible for meddling in the 2016 election.
Read moreRussia’s Post-Summit: Praise for Putin, Pity for Trump
For Vladimir Putin, holding a summit with Donald Trump was a victory in itself. While the U.S. leader went home to widespread criticism after their Monday meeting, the Russian president came home to universal praise in Moscow — even though there were no major breakthroughs.
Read morePutin Says He Wanted Trump to Win in 2016, Didn’t Interfere
Russia’s Vladimir Putin said Monday he did want Donald Trump to win the 2016 U.S. presidential election but took no action during the campaign to make it happen. He said he favored the celebrity businessman because of his policies.
Read moreTrump: Summit With Putin Off to a ‘Very, Very Good Start’
President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin opened their long-awaited summit Monday with a wink and slouch, respectively, then talked one on one behind closed doors for two-plus hours before the American leader declared their meeting was off to a “very, very good start for everybody.”
Read moreTrump-Putin Summit Opens Without Talk of Election Meddling
President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin opened their summit Monday with serious expression all around and the American president declaring that “the world wants to see us get along.” Trump laid out a list of topics for discussion that notably did not include Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Read moreEU Official Urges Trump, Putin Not to Destroy Global Order
A senior European official on Monday urged U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and China to work with Europe to avoid trade wars and prevent conflict and chaos.
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