Playing chess with Hezbollah is one thing. Trying to figure out what Putin wants, in Syria and perhaps also in Lebanon, even as Hezbollah is trying to manufacture weapons there, is a completely different challenge
Netanyahu has reportedly been trying to snag a meeting with Putin to resolve the diplomatic crisis surrounding the downing of the Russian spy plane over Syria
Alexei Navalny was prevented from leaving Russia, which he said he was doing to attend a court hearing at the European Court for Human Rights
Rosneft - the world's biggest listed oil company by output - is the jewel in Russia's corporate crown
Trump had taken a dim view of comments Macron made in a Europe 1 radio interview this week in which he appeared to cast the United States as a threat
Netanyahu and Putin speak in person in Paris for first time since downing of plane in Syria
The prime minister also claimed that the organizers of the Paris conference asked him not to meet with Russia's Putin after weeks of unsuccessful attempts to schedule a meeting
Netanyahu and Macron are slated to meet on Monday ■ Netanyahu's bureau has unsuccessfully attempted to set up a meeting with Russian president
The Paris Peace Forum will be attended by 60 world leaders, including Putin and Trump. Sources in Netanyahu's office say the schedule is too tight for side meetings between participating leaders
One clear sign of the continued Russian commitment to disrupting American political life came out in charges unsealed last month against a Russian woman who serves as an accountant at a St. Petersburg company known as the Internet Research Agency