Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday it had foiled an attempt by Ukraine's military intelligence service to assasinate Tikhon Shevkunov, a senior priest in Russia's Orthodox Church.

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.

The war in Ukraine will be a focal point of the meeting between the US president and UK prime minister in Washington later.

President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin spoke via telephone on Monday afternoon “at the request of the latter,” according to state broadcaster China Central Television.

Wednesday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Andrew Walworth chats with James Robbins from the Institute of World Politics about how the Trump administration seeks to remake U.S. relations with Russia.

Russia's Security Service alleged that Ukraine's military intelligence agency was behind an assassination plot targeting Tikhon Shevkunov.

The Ukrainian president is pushing for the inclusion of security guarantees - something the US president says should be dealt with by Europe.

Amidst Trump’s apparent pivot toward Russia, Vladmir Putin offered the opportunity for U.S. businesses to re-engage in Russia as one of his primary bargaining chips in peace negotiations, an apparent “concession” to America.

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.

Fox News' Bill Hemmer grilled Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) about President Donald Trump's position on the war between Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday.

Russia's FSB security service said on Friday it had arrested two church figures suspected of plotting to kill a priest close to President Vladimir Putin on the instructions of Ukrainian intelligence.