Let’s pick a nice guy who’s a smart guy.” Mr Witkoff, still full of vim, has embraced the job. In just a few weeks his diplomacy has brought him to Doha, Gaza, Jerusalem, Moscow and Riyadh. Mr Witkoff’s first order of business,

Moscow’s demand during Riyadh talks rejected but allies fear Donald Trump could yet allow restoration of former Soviet bloc

According to the source, Moscow is seeking access to approximately $6 billion frozen in the United States. These funds are part of the Russian Central Bank reserves that had been invested in U.S. assets before the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine has considerable leverage in upcoming negotiations with Russia—as long as the United States stands by Kyiv and adopts a negotiating strategy that creates real dilemmas for Moscow. U.S. support for Ukraine has been cast into doubt in recent weeks after a flurry of comments by Trump administration officials offering unilateral concessions to Moscow and criticizing Ukraine.

Russia is eyeing talks with the Trump administration about re-establishing a significant diplomatic presence in the US as an opening to rebuild its spy network in the West, current and former US officials say.

[Photo/Agencies] MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was informed about the recent Russia-US talks in Riyadh, describing the results as positive, local media reported on Wednesday. "I've been briefed on the talks. I appreciate them.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said that it offered the U.S. “to consider the possibility of restoring direct air traffic.”

Russian and U.S. diplomats are holding talks in Istanbul to discuss ways to normalize the operation of their respective embassies.

Washington-Moscow negotiations that started yesterday in Saudi Arabia are odd, to say the least. These offline discussions in Riyadh are high-level – foreign ministers and presidential advisers ...

President Vladimir Putin of Russia and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to discuss the outcome of the recent talks between US and Russian officials, according to the Kremlin. "One can expect it,

The United States has proposed a draft resolution for the U.N. General Assembly that stops far short of a competing European-backed statement demanding an immediate withdrawal of all of Moscow’s forces from Ukraine.