The United States indicated Sunday it was close to a deal with Russia on stemming the violence in Syria’s brutal civil war, with President Barack Obama saying they were “working around the clock”. Moscow and Washington support opposite sides in the Syrian conflict, which erupted in March 2011 after pro-American, ...
President Vladimir Putin said Russia and the United States are “frozen” but Moscow is not to blame for the situation, as it remains open to full cooperation with Washington. “Our relations are in a rather frozen state. I think it is not our fault,” Putin told Eastern Economic Forum ...