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‘Putin, Trump to meet on Friday’
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to hold a first meeting with US President Donald Trump on Friday on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
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“It has been agreed for July 7,” top Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies, without giving further details.
The much-hyped maiden encounter between the two leaders comes as Trump’s camp is under intense scrutiny over any links to the Kremlin.
Ties between Washington and Moscow plunged to their lowest point since the Cold War after the Kremlin’s seizure of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.
Lavishing praise
Donald Trump repeatedly pledged to work to improve ties with Russia during his presidential campaign, lavishing praise on strongman leader Putin.
But hopes have waned in Moscow of an imminent improvement in ties with the US, as accusations that Putin ordered a hacking and influenced campaign to get Trump elected have made any links to Moscow politically toxic for the White House.
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