During the call, Mr. Putin assured Mr. Trump that Russian intelligence agencies would similarly share information about terrorist threats to the United States, the Kremlin statement said. The Federal Security Service, which is also known as the F.S.B., detained seven suspects who planned a wave of bombings, the Interfax news agency reported. Russia has been plagued by terrorist attacks from some of the same Islamist groups that the United States tracks, such as the Islamic State. Relations between Russia and the United States went into a deep freeze during the Ukraine crisis. The United States and Russia also back opposite sides in the Syrian civil war.

Source: New York Times December 17, 2017 19:51 UTC