Russia-US
US has told Ukraine it must sign peace deal with Russia to get security guarantees, source says
US security guarantees are considered by Ukraine as the linchpin for any settlement ending Russia's four-year-old invasion of Ukraine.
Russia asks US to stop pursuit of fleeing oil tanker, claims authority - NYT
US intelligence indicates Putin's war aims in Ukraine are unchanged
Russia warns US moves on Venezuela could have ‘fatal’ consequences
Israeli national handed two year sentence in US for shipping aviation parts to Russia
Gal Haimovich, a 49-year-old Israeli national, was sentenced for using his international freight forwarding company to violate US export control laws.
Americans, Russians have discussed Ukraine war through Swiss side channel, sources say
Officials held under-the-radar US-Russia talks before Trump's inauguration to discuss Ukraine war solutions.
Saudi Crown Prince, Russia's wealth fund chief were involved in US prisoner release, source says
Marc Fogel's Russian lawyer blamed the Biden administration for the delay in his client's release.
Trump repeats warning to Hamas to release hostages soon or face consequences
Trump said he would discuss ways to bring an end to the Ukraine war with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
You may be 'hunted': Russia tells citizens not to visit US, major Western countries
Both Moscow and Washington say their citizens have been wrongfully imprisoned and their diplomats harassed increasingly as relations soured.
Russia wants to mass produce 'Oreshnik' missiles, says message to US is clear
The Kremlin said that it had "no doubt" that Washington understood its messaging behind Thursday's attack in central Ukraine.
Kremlin denies Putin-Trump call reports as 'pure fiction'
A Kremlin spokesperson said that Putin has "no concrete plans yet" to speak with Trump.
Trump in phone call advised Putin not to escalate in Ukraine - report
On Friday, the Kremlin said Putin was ready to discuss Ukraine with Trump but that did not mean that he was willing to alter Moscow's demands.
Trump and Putin express desire to talk before January inauguration
Putin officially congratulated "courageous" Trump while addressing media in Sochi.
Russia denies it was behind US bomb hoaxes or incendiary devices on planes
Security officials said separately that parcels that exploded at logistics depots in Europe were part of a test run for a Russian plot to trigger explosions on cargo flights to the United States.
