Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bush ya jaddada ƙirƙirar dangantaka ta sirri tare da shugaban Rasha Vladimir Putin don tabbatar da kyakkyawar dangantaka tsakanin Amurka da Rasha. Bayan ganawa da Putin a watan Yunin 2001, shugabannin biyu sun nuna kwarin gwiwa game da hadin gwiwa tsakanin tsoffin abokan hamayya na Cold War. Bayan hare-haren 11 ga Satumba, Putin ya ba Amurka damar amfani da sararin samaniyar Rasha, kuma Putin ya karfafa jihohin Asiya ta Tsakiya don ba da haƙƙin kafawa ga Amurka. A watan Mayun 2002, Amurka da Rasha sun rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar
Yarjejeniyar Rage Ragewa, wanda ya nemi rage yawan makaman nukiliya na kasashen biyu. Dangantaka tsakanin Bush da Putin sun yi sanyi a lokacin wa'adin Bush na biyu, yayin da Bush ya zama mai sukar sukar Putin game da murkushe abokan hamayyar siyasa a Rasha, kuma sun fadi zuwa sabon rauni bayan barkewar Yakin Rasha da Georgia a shekarar 2008.