Anyone who served in the Ukrainian army will be exempted from service in Russia’s armed forces.
Roughly 60 percent of Russians do not want Putin to run in the 2018 election.
The House has approved a resolution that asks President Obama to provide military support to Ukraine in its fight against pro-Russian separatists.
The Bering Strait is just 55 miles wide at its narrowest point, so the train line's last stop could be a short distance from U.S. soil.
Russia launched massive military drills in February along its borders with the Baltic states.
The ruble has lost nearly half its value since mid-March last year, when Russia was subjected to Western sanctions.
NATO scrambled jets from the Baltic Air Policing mission to intercept several Russian warplanes.
The two sides will reportedly discuss their energy partnership, which has stalled amid U.S. sanctions against Moscow.
A state-run poll of 1,600 Russians found 89 percent said Russia should not return Crimea to Ukraine in exchange for an end to economic sanctions.
Residents of the peninsula have seen a marked increase in the cost of living, along with booming property and rent prices.
The Russian president made his first appearance since March 5, in St. Petersburg. “It would be boring without gossip,” he told reporters.
Russia's deputy foreign minister expressed concerns about NATO troop movements in northeastern Europe.
Putin also said that Russia had saved the life of Ukraine's former pro-Moscow president, Viktor Yanukovich, who he said had been in danger after 'revolutionaries' seized power.
Russian President Vladimir Putin might be on paternity leave after alleged girlfriend Alina Kabaeva supposedly had a baby girl.
The Russian president hasn't been seen in public since March 5, when he began canceling multiple engagements.
The Russian law, which was passed in 2013, has received international criticism for banning gay "propaganda."
The drills come even as Russia and Ukraine received warnings from several concerned parties to adhere to the ceasefire agreement.
The Russian president's Kazakhstan visit has been delayed indefinitely but the Kremlin dismisses health rumors.
Critics of Vladimir Putin say his government has encouraged a hostile political environment that leads supporters to act out violently.
A member of the Kremlin’s rights council said that Zaur Dadaev confessed to killing Boris Nemtsov under duress.
A local newspaper posted the photo of Nemtsov's killers in what's said to be a getaway car, but it was unclear when the picture was taken.
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of "subverting" the peace between nations.