Russia to pull plug on nuclear arms pact after U.S. backs out

Russia will abandon a centerpiece nuclear arms treaty but only deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles if Washington does so, Putin said

• Feb 2, 2019

Russia denies bail for former U.S. Marine accused of spying

U.S. government sources and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan's family insist he was in Moscow for a wedding and is no spy

• Jan 22, 2019

Russian lawyer appeals for accused U.S. spy's release on bail

But former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan could still be stuck in Russia's prisons and justice system for up to a year

• Jan 10, 2019

U.S. intel sources say retired Marine held in Moscow is no spy

Lawyer in Moscow, family of retired Marine Paul Whelan and U.S. government sources all say he is no spy, as his dual nationality is revealed

• Jan 4, 2019

American indicted on spy charges in Russia

Russian police detained Paul Whelan​, who has been indicted on espionage charges, nearly a week ago

• Jan 3, 2019

American citizen arrested in Russia on spying charges

Paul Whelan could get a 20 year prison term but there were no immediate details released on his alleged espionage

• Dec 31, 2018

Putin warns of growing threat of nuclear war

"The danger of the situation escalating is being downplayed," Putin said during his annual end-of-year news conference

• Dec 20, 2018

A Putin penthouse was considered for Trump Moscow project

Businessman Felix Sater said he proposed giving a multimillion-dollar penthouse to Putin to entice others to buy in the building, a Trump Tower Moscow project. Sater was working with Michael Cohen on the proposal

• Nov 30, 2018

U.S. demands Russia stop "unlawful conduct" after Ukrainian ships seized

The incident escalated tensions that have been growing between the two countries since Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine

• Nov 26, 2018

Tensions rise as Russia fires on Ukrainan vessels, wounding 2

Ukrainian navy said two of its gunboats were struck and Russian crews boarded and seized them and an accompanying tugboat

• Nov 25, 2018

Russian opposed by U.S. loses bid to lead Interpol

Moscow claims U.S. led "campaign to discredit" Alexander Prokopchuk, who feared abuses of the Interpol systems to target political opponents of the Kremlin

• Nov 21, 2018

Inside a Ukrainian nationalist camp training kids to kill

The campers carefully aim their assault rifles. Most are in their teens, but some are as young as 8 years old

• Nov 12, 2018

Russia fires back at Trump's plan to pull U.S. out of nuclear arms treaty

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told state media it "would be a very dangerous step" to leave decades-old treaty

• Oct 21, 2018

A walk in Moscow's grand new park, created by an American

Built adjacent to Red Square, the city's first new park in 50 years was designed by American architect Charles Renfro

• Oct 7, 2018

Pussy Riot activist is conscious after suspected poisoning

Doctors treating Pyotr Verzilov said last week that reports he was poisoned are "highly plausible"

• Sep 25, 2018

Russian opposition leader freed, re-arrested immediately

Alexei Navalny's continued detention comes as wave of popular discontent against retirement age hike plagues Putin and his allies

• Sep 24, 2018

Russian plane crash leaves 18 injured; first responder dies at scene

A supervisor at Sochi airport suffered a heart attack during an emergency response

• Sep 1, 2018

Putin scales back pension reform plan as approval rating dips

Plan for major hike in retirement age saw Russian leader's approval ratings drop to lowest level since annexation of Crimea

• Aug 29, 2018

New U.S. sanctions would be "economic war," Russian PM says

"We must absolutely respond to this war. By economic means, by political means and if necessary by other means," Dmitry Medvedev says

• Aug 10, 2018

Russian helicopter crash in Siberia kills 18

Mi-8 helicopter collided with a load being carried by another helicopter that had taken off from the same pad in Vankor, above the Arctic Circle

• Aug 4, 2018

Putin "ready" to visit D.C., invites Trump to Russia

Russian leader alludes to criticism of Trump's Helsinki performance, says ready for next meeting, pending "appropriate conditions"

• Jul 27, 2018

Activists create "hidden" rainbow flag to get around Russia's ban

A group of Latin American activists decided to defy Russian anti-gay laws with a little help from their soccer jerseys

• Jul 10, 2018

Visiting Russia, senior GOP senator hopes for "new day"

Ahead of Trump-Putin meeting, Sen. Richard Shelby says world better off "if Russia and the U.S. have fewer tensions"

• Jul 3, 2018

Paralyzed man donates wheelchair during World Cup trip

"I've done more in four wheels than I have with two legs," California native Abel Vera told CBS News

• Jul 2, 2018

Bolton on Putin summit: Trump believes "it was time to have this kind of meeting"

A foreign affairs adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a date and location are set for the Putin-Trump summit

• Jun 27, 2018

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