Russian President Vladimir Putin

The report also found Russian officials celebrated Trump's win and congratulated themselves on the outcome.

In his New Year's address, Putin said that 2016 had been a 'difficult' year for the Russian people.

The president-elect has previously been criticised over his prolific Twitter use.

The numbers of young Poles signing up to join 120 militias has tripled since Russia's war in Ukraine.

The Kazakh man was accused of sharing a meme that juxtaposed Lenin, Stalin, and Putin.

On Trump's use of Twitter Gingrich said: "It's how he's going to operate - whether it's brilliant or stupid."

Tu-154 defence ministry aircraft carrying 92 people crashed seven minutes after take-off from Sochi Airport.

Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, son of Stalin's eldest child, Yakov, was found near to his Moscow home.

Cybersecurity firm that investigated DNC hack offers more evidence tying Russia to US election intrusions

The Russian president said it 'was a problem' guards could not take their weapons outside of embassies.

The congressman took a different stance to President-elect Trump, who has downplayed Russian involvement.

Russia and Japan have signed economic cooperation deals in areas including medical technology and energy.

The damaging emails from Podesta's personal account were steadily released by WikiLeaks until Election Day.

Relations between Russia and the West continue to deteriorate as Cold War 2 heats up.

The president questioned why people were 'acting surprised' that hacking disadvantaged the Democrat.

Russia and Turkey have agreed a Syrian peace summit should be held in Kazakhstan.

Following their meeting at Nagato city on day one, the two leaders are set to meet in Tokyo on Friday.

The president-elect's team said it was part of a continued effort to disrupt election result.

On the campaign trail, Trump urged Moscow to hack into Hillary Clinton's computers.

US President-elect Donald Trump was ranked second, while Barack Obama slipped to 48th rank.

Election hacking reportedly began as 'vendetta' against Hillary Clinton before turning into something more.

Putin is ready to meet Trump anytime, as Russia's foreign minister says Tillerson's pragmatism lays a 'foundation' for cooperation

Trump's team says, 'These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.'

PM Shinzo Abe has said he wants to discuss the issue candidly with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump attracted China's ire by talking directly to Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and defying diplomatic conventions.

Trump's eldest son met with group that advocates political transition in cooperation with President Bashar al-Assad.

The Russian president had earlier extended the ban till the end of 2017.

Rodrigo Duterte also expressed anger over the criticism his war on drugs has received from the West.

The Irbis Cossacks said they would provide the President-elect with insight into the 'mysterious Russian soul'.

The leaders agreed that current relations are 'extremely unsatisfactory,' the Kremlin said.