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Putin's Syria Gambit at Risk as Trump Challenges With Strike

EghtesadOnline: Russian President Vladimir Putin risks losing hard-won gains in Syria now that the U.S. has upended the balance of forces by striking at his ally President Bashar al-Assad after accusing him of a chemical attack that killed scores of people.
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Publish Date:08/April/2017 | 04:27

Rouhani strongly condemns bomb explosion in St. Petersburg metro

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani in a cabled message on Tuesday to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin strongly condemned Monday bomb explosion in Saint Petersburg metro which killed over 14 innocent people.
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Publish Date:05/April/2017 | 05:58

Russia Tries to Salvage Syria Peace Bid Amid Iran Dispute

EghtesadOnline: Russia is struggling to salvage its bid to secure a deal to end six years of civil war in Syria as deepening differences with Iran risk a repeat of previous failed peace efforts led by the U.S.
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Publish Date:01/March/2017 | 14:17

Putin says draft U.N. resolution to sanction Syria 'inappropriate'

EghtesadOnline: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday a draft U.N. Security Council resolution put forward by Western powers to sanction Syria's government over the alleged use of chemical weapons was inappropriate.
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Publish Date:28/February/2017 | 14:42

In call with Putin, Trump denounced Obama-era nuclear arms treaty - sources

EghtesadOnline: In his first call as president with Russian leader Vladimir Putin , Donald Trump denounced a treaty that caps U.S. and Russian deployment of nuclear warheads as a bad deal for the United States, according to two U.S. officials and one former U.S. official with knowledge of the call.
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Publish Date:10/February/2017 | 13:01

Kremlin says it wants apology from Fox News over Putin comments

EghtesadOnline: The Kremlin said on Monday it wanted an apology from Fox News over what it said were "unacceptable" comments one of the channel's presenters made about Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.
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Publish Date:07/February/2017 | 05:27

Trump, Putin Use First Formal Phone Call to Seek Better Ties

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged cooperation in fighting the Islamic State, the two sides said, as the pair seek to reverse tension after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its support for Syria, and allegations that Russian hackers sought to sway the U.S. election.
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Publish Date:29/January/2017 | 04:54

Trump Faces Growing GOP Pressure to Maintain Russia Sanctions

EghtesadOnline: A group of Republicans in the U.S. Senate is intensifying calls on President Donald Trump to keep sanctions on Russia in place ahead of his planned call with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin .
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Publish Date:28/January/2017 | 04:48

Trump Aide Says Easing Russia Sanctions ‘Under Consideration’

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump is willing to consider removing U.S. sanctions against Russia when he has his first official discussion with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin on Saturday, according to senior advisor Kellyanne Conway.
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Publish Date:27/January/2017 | 16:16
There’s room for cooperation, but also competition.

Will Putin and Trump Bond Over Oil?

EghtesadOnline: In the early 2000s, the Russian and U.S. presidents, Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush, decided it was time their two countries had a closer relationship. The obvious place to start was the oil industry. The U.S. was importing almost twice as much crude as it produced and wanted to diversify away from Middle Eastern suppliers. Russia’s vast, untapped reserves of oil needed two things U.S. companies had plenty of: money and technology.
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Publish Date:14/January/2017 | 05:15

Trump Says Only ‘Fools’ See Good Ties With Russia as Bad

EghtesadOnline: Facing calls to strike back at Russia for what U.S. intelligence agencies have termed Moscow’s interference with the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign, Donald Trump instead suggested warmer relations between the two countries.
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Publish Date:08/January/2017 | 04:41

Putin Himself Ordered Russian Hacking of Campaign, U.S. Says

EghtesadOnline: Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered a hacking and disinformation campaign to influence the U.S. presidential campaign and developed “a clear preference” for Donald Trump to win, U.S. intelligence agencies said in a declassified report on their findings.
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Publish Date:07/January/2017 | 04:41

Trump Praises Putin for Rejecting In-Kind Response to Obama

EghtesadOnline: President-elect Donald Trump praised Vladimir Putin as “very smart” after the Russian leader ruled out a tit-for-tat retaliation for the Obama administration’s expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats over cyberattacks aimed at interfering with the U.S. election.
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Publish Date:31/December/2016 | 04:29