Some Russian commentators and politicians rejoiced after Monday's meeting between the two leaders, with one columnist even calling it "another small miracle."

Some commentators say Monday's summit was a foreign policy victory for Russian President Vladimir Putin, but that might not play out well in Russia itself. There, some people want him to concentrate more on domestic matters.

Richard Fontaine of the Center For A New American Security offers his insights into the meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.

NPR's David Greene speaks to Richard Fontaine of the Center For A New American Security about the summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin were slated to meet one-on-one without aides for 90 minutes but it lasted longer. They're continuing their summit with some top advisers.

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet Monday in Helsinki. In a tweet ahead of the summit, Trump said relations are bad, in part because of what he called the "Rigged Witch Hunt."

Russia's president wants to normalize ties with the U.S., stop sanctions and give President Trump the impression he is the only Western leader who can get through to him.

Ahead of President Trump's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, "We certainly don't want to do anything to adversely impact that meeting, we want to try to enhance it," said a GOP senator.

This July Fourth, a congressional delegation is visiting Moscow for the first time since Russia's annexation of Crimea. They're all Republicans, and their visit is a prelude to the Trump-Putin summit.

Russia scored a shocking win over Spain Sunday to advance to the World Cup quarterfinals, and Moscow fans are euphoric. Russia has never made it this far in a World Cup.

National Security Adviser John Bolton met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to arrange a summit between Putin and President Trump.

Prisoner Oleg Sentsov's lawyer says his client's health is worsening on a weeks-long hunger strike to win the release of more than 60 people Sentsov says are political prisoners in Russia.

A secret underground naval base in Crimea designed to preserve Soviet submarines in case of a nuclear attack is now a museum with an anti-American message.

Russian law enforcement has taken "preventative measures" and will work to prevent "bad ideas" from being put into action, officials say.

After the Sochi Olympics, President Putin basks in another world sporting event: Soccer's World Cup starts on Thursday. Moscow is sparkling after a multi-billion dollar makeover.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday held his annual call-in show in which he takes dozens of questions from the public for hours during a live broadcast on state television.

Ukraine intelligence agents say they staged the apparent murder of a Russian journalist in Kiev in an attempt to trap a real assassin.

Ukrainian authorities say the murder of journalist Arkady Babchenko was staged in order to catch a man they say was hired by Russian intelligence services to kill him.

A Russian journalist who was fiercely critical of President Putin has been shot and killed in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Arkady Babchenko isn't the first Kremlin critic to be murdered in Kiev.

As Americans accuse the Kremlin of interfering in their elections, and Russians fiercely deny it, there's no debating that the U.S. once intervened militarily in Russia — with few, if any, results.