According to Ushakov, Moscow will not have a presence at the inauguration because Russia's possible candidate for Russian ambassador to the U.S.—Alexander Darchiev, the head of the North American Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry—has still not received an agrément from Washington.

Donald Trump's return to the White House will not bring a speedy end to the nearly three years of conflict in Ukraine, Russians on the streets of Moscow told AFP.

Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump are developing a wide-ranging sanctions strategy to facilitate a diplomatic agreement between Russia and Ukraine in the coming months, Bloomberg reports. On January 10,

Trump has echoed Moscow’s rhetoric, which has described its ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine as a response to planned Nato membership for Kyiv

In his final week in the White House, the president has made it much more difficult for his successor to undo Russian sanctions.

As he prepares to take office, President-elect Donald Trump says he hope to meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin “very quickly” in pursuit of a speedy end to the war in Ukraine. Trump has suggested he believes Putin will be open to compromise,

There is a 'giddiness' in the Kremlin over Trump’s threats to take over Greenland and Canada which could further legitimise unilateral annexations, one analyst has said

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to sign a ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’ agreement between the two nations. Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security,

Trump has ramped up his threats to annex Greenland. Could the incoming US president really bring the Arctic island, which belongs to NATO partner Denmark, permanently under US control?

Russia launched 39 Shahed drones, other simulator drones and four ballistic missiles according to Ukraine’s Air Force. Ukrainian air defense forces shot down two missiles and 24 drones. A further 14 drone simulators were lost in location, the statement said.