At summit, Trump refuses to confront Putin on vote row
AFP | President Donald Trump refused to confront Vladimir Putin over meddling in the US election at their first face to face summit, publicly challenging...
Russia and Ukraine in EU-backed talks to avoid fresh ‘gas wars’
AFP | Officials from Moscow and Kiev were set to gather in Berlin on Tuesday for EU-backed talks on the future of the transit of...
U.S indicts 12 Russian spies for hacking 2016 presidential campaign before Trump-Putin meeting
News Analysis | Russian and U.S head of states are scheduled to meet in Finland’s presidential palace in Helsinki for the very first time. The...
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...
EU urges big powers to prevent trade ‘conflict and chaos’
AFP | The European Union on Monday called on the United States, China, and Russia to work together to avoid trade "conflict and chaos" to...
Targeting civilians in Idlib can end Astana Accord: Erdogan tells Putin
News Analysis | Syrian forces have been able to regain almost the entire territory lost to rebels and ISIS during the civil war. The last...
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...