Us Russia Ties

Explained: Who is Brittney Griner, the US basketball star released from a Russian prison?

Before being arrested by Russian authorities for possessing cannabis oil in February, Brittney Griner had an amazing career in basketball, winning two Olympic gold medals for the American team. After 10 long months, she now returns home after a prisoner swap with Moscow for arms dealer Viktor Bout

Biden calls Putin 'killer' on TV: Moscow terms remark 'very bad', says US president has no interest in improving ties

In a swift response to Biden's comments, Moscow on Wednesday evening recalled its ambassador in the United States for urgent consultations – an unprecedented move in recent Russian diplomacy

Trump-Putin Helsinki summit: Breakdown in White House-Congress relation may impact India-US ties

Among all other crimes that Donald Trump is said to have committed in Helsinki on Monday (and the list is long) the biggest was the US-Russia "moral equivalence" that he apparently tried to create with Vladimir Putin by his side.

Trump, Putin in Helsinki: US president's refusal to confront Russia on election meddling leaves Washington unsettled

To outrage in Washington, president Donald Trump has lent weight to Russian denials of meddling in US elections at his inaugural summit with Vladimir Putin, where the pair championed a fresh start in relations between the world's leading nuclear powers.

Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki: 'Journalist' Sam Husseini kicked out of press conference for raising protest sign

A man claiming to be a journalist was forcefully ousted from the press conference which followed the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday

Full text: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin hail Helsinki Summit as 'successful and useful' step in mending US-Russia ties

Full text of the joint statements of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to the media post their one-on-one meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki

Trump-Putin summit: Russian premier says 'never interfered in US election'; US president calls meddling probe a 'disaster'

Clearing the air over what Russian President Vladimir Putin and US president Donald Trump might discuss at Helsinki summit on Monday, Putin on Monday said Moscow had never interfered in the US electoral process during a joint press conference after talks with his US counterpart.

Helsinki summit: Sticking points ahead of Trump-Putin meet include Russian 'meddling' in US election, Syria war, Iran nuclear deal

The US and Russian presidents may swap compliments at their first summit in Helsinki on Monday, but they are deeply divided on issues including Syria, Ukraine and alleged Russian election-meddling.

Trump-Putin summit begins today in Helsinki; US president brands Moscow a 'foe', might ask for hackers' extradition

US president Donald Trump branded Russia, the EU and China as "foes" as he prepared Sunday to go head to head with Vladimir Putin at a historic summit shrouded in Moscow's alleged manipulation of the 2016 US election.

Ahead of Donald Trump-Vladimir Putin summit in Helsinki, Russia says state of bilateral ties is 'very bad'

The Kremlin hailed US president Donald Trump as a "partner" on Friday ahead of his first summit with Russian president Vladimir Putin.