Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Bush akasimbisa kugadzira hukama hwehukama nemutungamiri weRussia Vladimir Putin kuitira kuti ave nechokwadi chekubatana 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. Mushure mokurwiswa kwaSeptember 11, Putin akabvumira US kushandisa nzvimbo yemhepo yeRussia, uye Putin akakurudzira nyika dzeCentral Asia kuti dzipe kodzero dzeUS. Muna May 2002, US neRussia dzakasaina Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty
, iyo yakatsvaka kuderedza zvikuru zvombo zvenyukireya zvenyika dzose. 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.