Russia has key interests in common with the US and needs to work with it on a common agenda, Russian president Vladimir Putin said in a television interview.
In his comments to the state-run Rossiya channel, Mr Putin appeared to soften his anti-American rhetoric.
Relations between Moscow and Washington and other Western powers have sunk to an all-time low over the conflict in Russia's neighbour Ukraine, something which Mr Putin addressed in his comments.
“We have disagreements on several issues on the international agenda. But at the same time there is something that unites us, that forces us to work together.
“I mean general efforts directed at making the world economy more democratic, measured and balanced, so that the world order is more democratic. We have a common agenda.”
Past attacks
Mr Putin has in the past fiercely attacked the US and the West in general, blaming them for the Ukraine crisis, which Russia says was the result of a Western-backed "coup" against Ukraine's former leader Viktor Yanukovich.
Russia has repeatedly denied accusations from Kiev and the West that it is supporting pro-Russian rebels with troops and weapons in eastern Ukraine, where more than 6,000 people have been killed since last April.
Mr Putin’s latest remarks come two days after an annual TV phone-in show during which he accused the US of trying to dominate world affairs, saying it wanted “not allies, but vassals”. However, his criticisms of the West were more moderate than in some previous appearances.
Both Russia and the West say they back a peace deal for Ukraine agreed in Minsk in February, as a result of which a ceasefire in the Donbass region is largely holding.
Reuters