Russia’s top officials now call Trump’s actions “unfriendly,” and Washington an “adversary” of the Russian Federation. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said on Oct. 23 that Trump imposed the sanctions to pressure Russia,

The Russian despot has said in a chilling statement this evening that 'dialogue is always better than war' after Donald Trump hit the country with new sanctions

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday the country no longer would have to worry about “meaningless” peace negotiations with President Trump, a day after the Treasury Department announced sanctions against two Russian oil companies.

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday oversaw a test of Russia's nuclear forces on land, sea and air to rehearse their readiness and command structure.

There are no plans for President Trump to meet with President Putin in the immediate future,” the White House said.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has a long record of issuing aggressive statements, often framing Western actions as deliberate provocations and justifying Russian military responses.

The communique reaffirmed Russia's demand for full control of the long-contested eastern Donbas region, according to one official, effectively rejecting Trump's call for a ceasefire to commence with a freeze of the frontlines at their prevailing locations.

The decision was made following a call between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, which a U.S. official described as 'productive.'

There are no plans for President Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin to meet "in the immediate future," the White House said in a statement on Tuesday.

By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian refiners are poised to sharply curtail imports of Russian oil to comply with new U.S. sanctions on two top Russian producers, industry sources said on Thursday,