You know, everything you tell us will be used against you,” the interviewer on Russian TV warns Timur Shagivaleev, the man behind one of the country’s biggest drone factories.

It is another symbol of deepening strategic cooperation between Russia and Iran, a point of concern for U.S.-led Western allies.

It was the first time since taking office that Trump has said he wants to maintain the treaty's limits on strategic nuclear weapons deployments when it expires on February 5. "When you take off nuclear restrictions, that's a big problem," Trump said.

Gabbard declassified a 2017 House report targeting Obama and intelligence officials over alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Peace talks and a settlement in Ukraine have never been on the real agenda of the West, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday, in her first comments on negotiations since Russian and Ukrainian officials held talks on Wednesday.

A Russian rocket has sent an Iranian communications satellite into orbit, highlighting strong ties between the two countries

Falling inflation has persuaded the central bank in Moscow to continue relaxing the country’s record borrowing costs.

A Norwegian P-8A "Poseidon" flew close to Russia's major submarine hubs in the Murmansk region before heading to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.

Russia allegedly had intelligence suggesting that Hillary Clinton was taking "heavy tranquilizers," which President Obama and Democratic leaders found to be "extraordinarily alarming."