U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry also said that there's a contingency plan that could be implemented if the ceasefire deal doesn't hold.
Accusations of corruption and human rights abuses have been levied against Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s address on national television about the latest Syrian ceasefire deal suggests the Kremlin is committed to its implementation.
Russia and Estonia have exchanged spies in the past, but the latest convictions against low-level informants shows growing concerns in the region.
As the Russian Ministry of Justice begins dissolving nongovernmental organizations, human rights defenders who continue their work are left in precarious positions.
Kerry said Sunday that he anticipated Obama and Putin would soon complete the provisional agreement in principle.
The U.S. secretary of state will meet with the king of Jordan and the Palestinian leader amid Syrian war and increased violence in Israel and the West Bank.
As Turkey intensified its cross-border shelling, Russia proposed a U.N. resolution calling for plans for ground invasions to be abandoned.
While the Pentagon has increased its budget in response to Russian aggression, a majority of Americans do not think the Kremlin poses a military threat to the U.S.
Russia and Ukraine's next financial showdown will take place in a London court after months of arguing over bond repayments.
On Monday, missile attacks on several medical facilities and a school in northern Syria killed at least 23 people.
Syria’s ambassador to Russia says his country would retaliate against Saudi Arabia and Turkey if their ground forces were to intervene.
The transportation of goods by truck between the two countries is the latest target in the trade war between Moscow and Kiev.
The agreement came two days after major powers agreed on Friday to a temporary “cessation of hostilities” in Syria.
Jeb Bush at Saturday night's GOP debate in South Carolina said he's fed up with what he sees as Donald Trump's uninformed opinions on serious issues.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says sanctions on Moscow and military activities close to the Russian border “only aggravate” tensions between the two sides.
The meeting between the Roman Catholic pope and the Russian Orthodox patriarch was a historic moment in the 1,000-year-long Great Schism dividing Christianity.
Diplomats meeting in Munich Thursday are hoping to revive stalled Syrian peace talks as Russia and the U.S. continue to exchange harsh words.
By attacking the rebels who oppose Syrian leader Bashar Assad, Russia is aiding the Islamic State group, a State Department official said.
Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Poland could all see an addition of up to 1,000 troops, as NATO attempts to deter Russian aggression in the region.
Russia's 2002 application to the U.N. to widen its control of the polar region was rejected, but now the Kremlin is trying again.
The Islamic State group has recruited thousands of people from Russia and its neighbors.