US-Russia

February 18, 2025 3:17 PM

US and Russia meet without Ukraine for first talks on ending war

U.S. and Russian officials met on Tuesday in Riyadh for the highest-level talks to date between the two former Cold War foes on ending the war in Ukraine. They were expected to discuss ways to end the three-year-old conflict in Ukraine and restore American-Russian relations. Their talks could pave the way for a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Ukraine, which is not attending, says no peace deal can be made on its behalf. "We, as a sovereign...

February 16, 2025 4:01 PM

Russia’s Siluanov visits Saudi Arabia ahead of Russia-US talks

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov visited Saudi Arabia on Sunday ahead talks between Russia and the United States in the Kingdom scheduled for next week. Siluanov was speaking at an event called AlUla Conference for Emerging Market Economies, organised by the Saudi Ministry of Finance and the International Monetary Fund. U.S. and Russian officials will meet in Saudi Arabia in the coming days to start talks aimed at ending the nearly three-year war in Ukraine, a U.S. lawmaker and a so...

February 18, 2025 5:54 PM

US, Russia to meet in Saudi Arabia over Ukraine war

U.S. and Russian officials met on Tuesday in Riyadh for their first talks on ending the war in Ukraine, as Kyiv and its European allies watched anxiously from the sidelines and Moscow raised a new demand that NATO formally disavow a membership promise it made to Ukraine in 2008. The talks in the Saudi capital underscored the rapid pace of U.S. efforts to halt the conflict, less than a month after President Donald Trump took office and six days after he spoke by phone to Russian President Vladim...

January 21, 2025 10:33 AM

Putin ‘destroying Russia’ by refusing to negotiate war with Ukraine, says Trump

US President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "destroying Russia" by refusing to negotiate an end to the ongoing war with Ukraine, which began in February 2022. Speaking to reporters upon his return to the Oval Office on Monday, Trump urged Putin to seek a peace deal, emphasising the toll the prolonged conflict is taking on Russia. "He should make a deal. I think he's destroying Russia by not making a deal," Trump stated. "I think Russia's going to be in big trouble...

January 10, 2025 11:26 AM

Trump says meeting being set up between him and Putin

US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that plans are underway for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, though no timeline has been confirmed for the talks, Reuters reported on Thursday. Trump's statement marks a significant development in US-Russia relations, with both leaders signaling readiness for dialogue. According to Russian News Agency TASS, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed Putin’s openness to high-level talks. “If [Trump’s] political will to resume ...