The White House has rejected a Vladimir Putin-backed effort to hold a referendum in eastern Ukraine on the region’s future, the Associated Press reported on Saturday. Russia’s ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, said Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump had discussed the possibility of a referendum in separatist-leaning ...
Russia’s special presidential envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev is planned to visit Iran later on Wednesday. Lavrentiev will fly to Tehran in order to make the Iranian leaders become aware of the newly-held one-on-one meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump, Russia’s television news channel ...