Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered US Cyber Command to halt offensive cyber and information operations against Russia as President Trump seeks to end President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine on terms that are widely seen as favoring Moscow,

Russia's deputy foreign minister says preparations have begun for a face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin. Sergei Ryabkov told Russian state media on Sat

Russian and U.S. teams held six hours of talks in Turkey on Thursday to try to restore normal functioning of their embassies, and Vladimir Putin said initial contacts with Donald Trump's new administration had inspired hope.

Steve Rosenberg on how the rapprochement between the US and Russia is viewed in Moscow.

Vladimir Solovyov, a Russian state TV host and key ally to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Moscow could "erase" Germany "off the face of the earth" during a recent broadcast. Newsweek reached out to the German embassy for comment via email on Thursday.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted a New York Times reporter as a “left-wing stenographer” after he compared President Donald Trump to Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on press freedoms.

China and Russia “cannot be moved away” from one another, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin Monday, in their first phone call since US President Donald Trump upended American foreign policy with a sweeping pivot toward Moscow as he pushes for peace in Ukraine.

Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, described on Sunday a three-and-a-half hour meeting he had with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month, part of what he said was a “trust-building” assignment given to him by President Trump.

The cause of the blaze is unclear but there have been numerous mysterious fires and explosions in Russia since Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he is confident that Russian leader Vladimir Putin will “keep his word” if an agreement is reached to end Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Trump said going through th

President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on the development of the rare earth metals industry via videoconference at the Novo-Ogarevo state residence outside Moscow, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (,

China pushed back against recent remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, declaring that Washington could never "sow discord" in its ties with Moscow. Newsweek reached out to the White House and the Russian Foreign Ministry via email for comment.