Russia’s Foreign Ministry says it has suggested restoring direct air links between Russia and the United States during the latest round of consultations with Washington.

Russian and U.S. teams held six hours of talks in Turkey on Thursday to try to restore the normal functioning of their embassies, and President Vladimir Putin said initial contacts with Donald Trump's new administration had inspired hope.

Russia on Friday said it had suggested restoring direct air links with the United States at what it described as substantive and businesslike talks in Turkey. Russia’s Foreign Ministry, however, did not say how the US side had responded at Thursday’s meeting in Istanbul,

Russia’s FSB security service said on Friday it had arrested two church figures suspected of plotting to kill a priest close to President Vladimir Putin on the orders of a Ukrainian spy

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday it had foiled an attempt by Ukraine's military intelligence service to assasinate Tikhon Shevkunov, a senior priest in Russia's Orthodox Church.

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Friday that it had thwarted an alleged Ukrainian plot to assassinate a senior Russian Orthodox Church figure. Metropolitan Tikhon Shevkunov, 66, a member of President Vladimir Putin's advisory council on culture and the arts,