The US has sent an invitation to Russia to attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden scheduled for January 20, the Russian Embassy in Washington D.C. confirmed in a statement on Tuesday
He added that Russia is proud of its rescuers who will certainly continue to carry out their duties responsibly.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has said the expanded sanctions list published by the US authorities is a destructive move for bilateral ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the situation will not get worse for Russia during the Biden administration
China urged the United States to stop what it called erroneous actions and treat all companies in an equal way, foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said
Russia said its Pacific Fleet warship had been tracking the American destroyer in the Peter the Great Gulf
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin proposed appointing Energy Minister Alexander Novak as the tenth deputy prime minister, the official website of the cabinet said
Snowden, 37, received notification Thursday his application to remain in the country indefinitely and unconditionally has been approved, his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said by phone
The United States and Russia will hold a round of nuclear arms control talks in the Finland's capital, Helsinki, on Monday to follow up on negotiations in Austria this summer
The US sanctions machinery has generally been targeted at smaller, rogue states. Not always, though.
According to the center, airspace control detected three air targets approaching the Russian border over the neutral waters of Baltic Sea
Russia's navy chief, Adm Nikolai Yevmenov, said that more than 50 warships and about 40 aircraft were taking part in the exercise in the Bering Sea, which involved multiple practice missile launches
The United States and Russia concluded two days of arms control talks Tuesday with the two sides still at odds over the US demand to include China in any new treaty
US civil servant says two countries could benefit from having a communications channel to address concerns over space use
Trump also described the allegations from the opposition Democratic party that Russians interfered in the 2016 presidential elections to help him win the polls as the "Russia hoax"
"Our aim is to galvanise private sector investment in their energy sectors", said Pompeo
The stagnation in US-Russia relations does not augur well for New Delhi's strategic interests. It's a throwback to the Cold War, when India had to choose between the two countries
Trump is scheduled to meet his Russian counterpart Putin in Japan next month on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit
The decision has the potential to incite a new arms race - not only with Russia, but also with China
Also sanctioned were two GRU agents who allegedly took part in the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal in Britain