An influential Russian parliamentarian dismissed a summit of European leaders in London on Sunday for producing no plan to settle the war in Ukraine and said Kyiv's only hope for the future was an improvement in ties between Moscow and Washington.

Having entered the war with a balanced budget and inflation under control, the Russian economy has proven its resilience. Yet the boost from its military-industrial complex now threatens the economy with overheating and stagflation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Alexander Darchiyev as the new ambassador to the United States, according to decree published on Thursday.

A new administration’s efforts to pressure the news media, punish political opponents and tame the nation’s tycoons evoke the early days of President Vladimir V. Putin’s reign in Russia.

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Israelis are hoping that Iran hawks in the Trump administration might moderate any tendency to go easy on Tehran.

Russia said on Friday it was sending a new ambassador to Washington, the latest sign of a thaw between the two countries as they try to mend their damaged relations and seek an end to the war in Ukraine.

But for those of us who reported there a quarter century ago, Trump's Washington is bringing back memories of Putin's Moscow in the early days. The news media is being pressured. Lawmakers have been tamed. Career officials deemed disloyal are being fired.