MOSCOW -- Russian news agencies say Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama have spoken on the phone and the American president has expressed his readiness to...

The U.S.-Russian relationship has always been a complicated and multifaceted one. But, yesterday's U.N. vote, the third veto from the Russia Federation on the issue of Syria alone, is proof that the Obama strategy has failed.

The United States and Russia are at a potentially fateful crossroads in their relations. Twenty years after the end of the Soviet Union, the relationship features more elements of cold-war conflict than of stable cooperation.

Forget for the moment that Dmitri Medvedev faithfully plays the monkey to Vladimir Putin's organ grinder, what possible common interest could we have with Russia in framing a policy on Iran ?

Winston Churchill famously summarized his view of Russia as "[A] riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." Even for the Russian people, Churchill's view remains largely true today, particularly in the business sector.

WASHINGTON — An agreement between the United States and Russia to slash their nuclear arsenals was in danger of collapse Tuesday after an influe...

PRAGUE — President Barack Obama on Friday briskly capped his latest mission abroad, squeezing in some diplomacy with his host, Czech President V...

WASHINGTON — Despite near gridlock in the Senate, Republicans were expected to swing behind a new arms control treaty with Russia that President...

PRAGUE — The nuclear weapons cuts President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed on Thursday would shrink the Cold War supe...

Russia has cemented its occupation of about a fifth of Georgia's territory since 2008. Obama may have figured there is no point in hiding it anymore: the swap of Georgia for Russia is official White House policy.

MOSCOW — Russia has serious concerns about U.S. plans to deploy missile interceptors in Romania, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. The statemen...

NEW YORK — A unified U.S.-Russian stance on sanctions against Iran would put added pressure on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to yield so...

For decades Russia has played the role of the outsider and dissenter, the country that prides itself on blocking international progress and fomenting tension.