Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Bush akasimbisa kusika ukama hwomunhu oga nomutungamiri weRussia Vladimir Putin kuti ave nechokwadi chokuti ukama hune rugare pakati peU.S. neRussia. Pashure pokusangana naPutin muna June 2001, mapurezidhendi ose ari maviri akaratidza kuva netariro pamusoro pokushandira pamwe pakati pevaimbova vavengi veHondo Yemashoko. Pashure pokurwiswa kwaSeptember 11, Putin akabvumira U.S. kushandisa nzvimbo yemhepo yeRussia, uye Putin akakurudzira nyika dzeCentral Asia kupa kodzero dzokugara kuU.S. Muna May 2002, U.S. neRussia dzakasaina chibvumirano
Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty, iyo yaitsvaka kuderedza zvikuru zvombo zvenyukireya zvenyika mbiri idzi. Hukama pakati paBush naPutin hwakadzikira munguva yechipiri yaBush, sezvo Bush akawedzera kutsoropodza kudzvinyirira kwaPutin kwevanopikisa vezvematongerwo enyika muRussia, uye vakadonha kusvika pakadzika nyowani mushure mekutanga kweRusso-Georgian Hondo muna2008.