The U.S. Senate voted nearly unanimously on Thursday to slap new sanctions on Russia despite President Donald Trump's objections to the legislation, which has angered Russian President Vladimir Putin who threatened to retaliate.

Putin, on a visit to Finland, said the proposed U.S. sanctions were "extremely cynical" and an attempt by Washington to safeguard its own geopolitical interests at the expense of its allies in Europe.

July 27, 2017 10:49 PM
SAVONLINNA, Finland (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (July 27) complained that the probe into Russia's alleged meddling in the United States presidential election bore witness to increasing anti-Russian hysteria.

Russia risks being saddled with U.S. sanctions for decades, curbing economic growth and preventing it from regaining its status as a leading economic power, an adviser to President Vladimir Putin said in an interview.

American hedge-fund manager and Russia critic William Browder plans to testify Thursday to the Senate Judiciary Committee that the Moscow lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. last year had clear ties to President Vladimir Putin."What I know for sure is that the lawyer...

RUSSIA has paraded a terrifying nuclear submarine in a warning to Vladimir Putin’s Western enemies.

The United States House of Representatives voted on a bill that would create new sanctions on Russia, even though current President Donald Trump told them to ease some of the sanctions before passing it on Tuesday, according to BBC News. Senior officials from Russia are targeted in retaliation for alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election between Donald Trump and Democratic Candidate Hillary Clinton. The bill will cause further tension between the United States President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had both expressed improving relations with one another, but it needs to make it through the Senate before it can be sent to the president for a...

A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin says a meeting between Donald Trump's son-in-law and the chairman of a Russian bank did not occur on Kremlin orders

A senior Russian banker who met United States President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, did not do so on the Kremlin's orders, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday (July 25).

A senior Russian banker who met President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, did not do so on the Kremlin's orders, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.