Vladimir Putin wants a sit-down with Donald Trump as equals in which they divide the world into spheres of influence.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is prepared to meet US President-elect Donald Trump “whenever,” at an annual press conference Thursday. While emphasizing Russia’s position of strength in Ukraine, Putin added that the Kremlin is ready for ...

The Russian president also promised he would ask the ousted Syrian leader — whom he has given asylum in Moscow — for the whereabouts of U.S. journalist Austin Tice.

The Russian leader said he was ready to compromise with the incoming U.S. president on ending the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.

The president-elect claimed Russia is in a "weakened state" due to the Ukraine conflict and urged Putin to negotiate.

President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy should be prepared to make a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to the nearly three-year-old Ukraine war.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Wednesday evening that she was taken aback by President-elect Trump’s demand that the stopgap spending bill be used to increase the debt ceiling. Collins, the top GOP appropriator, told reporters that she was surprised by the call and indicated that it had not come up in talks ahead of the…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he had not spoken to US President-elect Donald Trump for years but was “ready for negotiations and compromises” with him over the war in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he had not spoken to US President-elect Donald Trump in over four years, but was “ready” for potential talks with him, amid expectation that the new administration in Washington will push for a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine.

Russia's Vladimir Putin, in his annual marathon news conference, laments "serious blunders" by his security forces and says he'll meet Trump "any time" about Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to make a compromise regarding ending the war in Ukraine in possible talks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.