6 days ago · Trump said on Wednesday he would likely impose new sanctions, taxes and tariffs on Russia, whose economy he said was failing, and on Moscow’s allies, unless President Vladimir Putin struck a ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin speaking at a conference in 2017 Donald Trump has warned he will impose high tariffs and further sanctions on Russia if Vladimir Putin fails to end the war in ...

3 days ago · President Trump jabs at the Russian leader with threats; Vladimir Putin responds with flattery. But there are notable signals in their jousting, including a revived discussion about nuclear arms ...

5 days ago · As President Donald Trump looks to fulfill what he says is his goal to be known as a "peacemaker" by settling the war in Ukraine, he's called for a direct line of communication with Russia's President Vladimir Putin multiple times during the first days of his second term -- saying he "really would like to be able to meet" the Russian leader soon...

5 days ago · MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday echoed U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim the conflict in Ukraine could have been prevented had he been in the White House in 2022.

Jan 18, 2025 · President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to broker a peace deal in Ukraine, but as he prepares to take office, peace seems as elusive as ever. Moscow and Kyiv are seeking battlefield gains to strengthen their negotiating positions ahead of any prospective talks to end the 3 …

Jan 10, 2025 · The Kremlin has welcomed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s readiness to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a senior Moscow official said Friday. Russia attaches no conditions to the possibility of face-to-face talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters during a conference call.

Jan 10, 2025 · Putin has indicated he will not accept any diplomatic end to the war without Ukraine agreeing to cede huge swathes of territory to Moscow. It also wants guarantees Ukraine will never join NATO.

Jan 14, 2025 · MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat said Tuesday that Moscow is open for talks with President-elect Donald Trump and praised him for pointing to NATO’s plan to embrace Ukraine as a root cause of the nearly 3-year-old conflict.

Nov 10, 2024 · Moscow initially responded coolly to Trump’s win, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov telling reporters that Putin had no plans to call the incoming president of “an unfriendly country that ...