Russian President Putin on Thursday congratulated Donald Trump on winning the U.S. election, praised him for showing courage ...

Russians close to the Kremlin voiced optimism that Donald J. Trump could help end the war in Ukraine on Russia’s terms.

The US president-elect, who is promising to end the conflict, was reported to have spoken to Vladimir Putin on Thursday.

“Trump and his team have a reputation of being very pragmatic,” Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and a close Putin ally, said in a phone interview Wednesda ...