The European Union on Thursday heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry. Russian President Vladimir Putin called Washington's move an “unfriendly act” that could backfire by spiking global oil prices.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday delivered his first direct response to new U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia, calling them an “unfriendly act” that will not significantly harm the country’s economy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is responding to the news the U.S. is imposing sanctions on Russia's largest oil companies, calling the move an 'unfriendly act'. The Morning Joe panel discusses.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces that featured practice missile launches

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday oversaw a test of Russia's nuclear forces on land, sea and air to rehearse their readiness and command structure. The test included the launch of a land-based "Yars" intercontinental ballistic missile from a cosmodrome,

Trump said Oct. 22 that the sanctions "certainly will have an impact" on Russia and that he hopes Putin will "become reasonable."

When President Donald Trump hung up the phone after his talk with Russia’s Vladimir Putin last week, he was so convinced there was enough progress made that he announced he was heading soon to Budapest for an in-person summit.

Russian President Vladimir Putin remained defiant on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump hit Russia's two biggest oil companies with sanctions to pressure the Kremlin leader to end the war in Ukraine,

Russia conducted a nuclear readiness test on Wednesday under President Vladimir Putin, involving land, sea, and air launches. Videos showed Yars and Sineva missiles fired from a missile base and submarine,

President Donald Trump canceled his planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest, Hungary, due to insufficient progress toward peace negotiations, the White House said.

The postponement of Donald Trump’s much-anticipated summit with Vladimir Putin in Budapest had seemed to confirm all his critics’ fears. At the White House on Tuesday, the president explained that he did not want a “wasted meeting”.