Vladimir Putin wants a sit-down with Donald Trump as equals in which they divide the world into spheres of influence.

Moscow said it would be open for representatives from the "anti-Hitler coalition" to join its May 9 events in Moscow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he had not spoken to US President-elect Donald Trump in over four years, but was “ready” for potential talks with him, amid expectation that the new administration in Washington will push for a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is prepared to meet US President-elect Donald Trump “whenever,” at an annual press conference Thursday. While emphasizing Russia’s position of strength in Ukraine, Putin added that the Kremlin is ready for ...

MOSCOW, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he was ready to talk to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, and said Russia was getting stronger. When asked at his annual press-conference what he was going to offer to Trump ...

The Russian president also promised he would ask the ousted Syrian leader — whom he has given asylum in Moscow — for the whereabouts of U.S. journalist Austin Tice.

Margarita Simonyan, the editor in chief of the Russian state-controlled broadcaster RT, believes that personal meetings between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will bring about positive outcomes for the foreign nation, so long as they’re able to meet face-to-face, according to The Daily Beast.

The Russian leader said he was ready to compromise with the incoming U.S. president on ending the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.