The two were expected to discuss dispute over a chemical weapons attack in Syria last week that led to US retaliatory cruise missiles
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Moscow trying to understand 'real intentions' behind missile strike, foreign minister says
Trust between Russia and the US has degraded under the Trump administration, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated. During his presidential election campaign, Trump said he would like the US to have better relations with Russia.
VLADIMIR Putin says Russia has information that the United States is planning to launch new missile strikes on Syria, and that there were plans for the US to fake chemical weapons attacks there.
Washington claimed it is where Syrian jets allegedly carrying chemical weapons munitions took off to launch an assault on a rebel-held town in Idlib Province on April 4. Damascus denied the allegations.
A joint command centre made up of forces from Russia, Iran and militias backing Syrian President Bashar al Assad threatened reprisals against any party that carries out "aggression" against Syria, two days after US missiles hit a Syrian air base.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has discussed the US missile strike in Syria with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a phone conversation, the ministry has said.
RUSSIA has suspended communication on a specialised military hotline designed to prevent conflict with the US following air strikes in Syria.
Until recently, Syria had seemed the one area where Putin and Trump were certain to find common ground.
The United States continues to condemn and call for an immediate end to the Russian occupation of Crimea
Mr Flynn's ties with Russia have been under scrutiny
Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has offered to testify before congressional committees probing ties between the Trump campaign and Russia but wants protection against “unfair prosecution,” his lawyer said on Thursday.
Russia tried to hijack the US democratic process, says a senator investigating alleged interference in the US election.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he would like to meet US President Donald Trump at an Arctic nations summit in Finland in May.
American envoy to the UN Nikki Haley said on Wednesday that the US is the “moral conscience” of the world
Top Democrats rebuked Representative Devin Nunes for his secret meeting on the White House grounds to review intelligence related to surveillance involving President Trump’s team.
Now Schiff is locked in a tense, headline-making standoff with the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Devin Nunes,
Mr. Kushner has volunteered to be interviewed as part of the committee’s investigation into the Russian activities surrounding the 2016 election
President Donald Trump's accusation that his predecessor ordered his phones to be tapped is "simply false", Barack Obama's spokesman has said.