The Biden administration lifts sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project between Russia and Germany. Despite Joe Biden's personal opposition to the project, the U.S. State Department says that it concluded that it was in the "U.S. national interest" to waive the sanctions. 2021-05-19
Russia says that it will withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies, following the U.S. withdrawal from the treaty last year. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that the U.S. withdrawal has "significantly upended the balance of interests of signatory states". 2021-01-15
The Trump administration announces it will withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty within six months, alleging continuous violations by Russia. 2020-05-21
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Russian President Vladimir Putin and warns Russia to not interfere in the 2020 United States presidential election. 2019-05-14
The United States imposes sanctions on a Russian bank that facilitated a transaction for a North Korean on an American blacklist. 2018-08-3
The military chiefs of both countries, Joseph Dunford and Valery Gerasimov, meet in Finland. 2018-06-8
Reports surface about the publication on January 29 by the United States of a list of Russian politicians and oligarchs that the U.S. government was required by CAATSA to draw up. Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the list, on which he is not included, is an "unfriendly act" that complicates ties between the two countries. 2018-01-30
President of the United States Donald Trump signs the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev calls it a "trade war". 2017-08-2
After 35 Russian diplomats are expelled from the United States, Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov recommends expelling 35 American diplomats. Russian President Vladimir Putin rejects Lavrov's recommendation and expresses a desire to restore relations between the two countries. 2016-12-30
The United States expresses concern about alleged escalations of Russian military activities in Syria. 2015-09-10