Russia’s foreign minister says a meeting between the country’s two leaders will most likely not happen anytime soon, even as the White House promised a meeting between the two sides within weeks.

Russia needs more workers, primarily due to its war in Ukraine. But rather than welcoming foreign laborers — many of whom are from Central Asia — Russian officials are fomenting anti-migrant sentiment and increasing restrictions on them.

As negotiations over the war carry on, President Vladimir V. Putin is pushing hard with tactics that have evolved over three and a half years.

But the cia officer in question, along with two others involved in that 2016 report, Shelby Pierson and Vinh Nguyen, are some of the most senior serving career intelligence officials to be purged under Mr Trump.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has paid an emotional tribute to soldiers who have died fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine, saying his ‘heart aches’ in a rare admission of military losses.

Russia's leader said he was "confident that the leadership qualities" of Trump are a "good guarantee" of future agreements between global superpowers.

The same group of Russian naval vessels was tracked sailing from the Sea of Japan toward the East China Sea via the Tsushima Strait between August 14 and 15, according to Japan's Defense Ministry. Details of its week-long mission in the East China Sea remain unknown.