While Republicans praised President Donald Trump's diplomatic efforts with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Senate Democrats largely panned the confab, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle signaled a desire to impose stiff sanctions against Moscow if peace talks faltered.

Russia has built a shadow network to help its businesses dodge Western sanctions, according to a new report that shines a light on the A7A5 token.

Several U.S. senators pushed for more sanctions aimed at hurting Russia in order to force a peace deal with Ukraine ahead of Monday’s meeting. “Monday’s Big Power meeting should resolve to shut the spigot of oil & gas revenues—sending Putin’s tottering economy spiraling down,

EU maintains economic pressure on Russia with upcoming sanctions package while Ukrainian President Zelenskyy seeks Western support for Ukraine at White House meeting.

Former National Security Advisor Susan Rice evaluated President Trump's Friday meeting with Vladimir Putin during an appearance Friday evening on MSNBC. Rice said it was a diplomatic victory for Putin to get such a "warm welcome" from Trump on U.

Report reveals China and India supporting Russia despite sanctions, with sale of explosive materials from India and Chinese drone engines powering Russian attacks.

The French president reiterated Trump's belief that an agreement could be reached with Putin: 'But if at the end this process is met by refusal, we are also ready to say that we need to increase sanctions.

Putin’s amendments to Sakhalin-1 ownership melt the ice for the return of ExxonMobil — but only if sanctions thaw. Sakhalin-1, once a symbol of global energy cooperation, now dangles as a diplomatic lever in US-Russia talks. Russia shows readiness to see foreign partners back — under stricter terms and a new power dynamic.

The net effect of the Alaska summit was to give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a free pass to continue his war against his neighbor indefinitely without further penalty, pending talks on a broader peace deal.