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  • Putin threatens to punish persons responsible for 'failure' of meeting with Trump

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a formal meeting with Donald Trump on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Vietnam did not take place due to “protocol clashes”, and that the relevant team members would be punished, Interfax reports.

    “As for an individual meeting, firstly, it was related to Mr Trump’s work schedule, and my schedule, and certain protocol formalities, which our team was regrettably unable to handle. Well, they will be punished for this,” Putin said.

    “Nothing serious …

  • Russian senator: Trump was not ready to meet with Putin

    Russian senator Aleksey Pushkov commented on Twitter about a meeting held between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump at a reception held in honor of the APEC Summit leaders, calling the meeting a “record for brevity”.

    "The meeting between the leaders of Russia and the United States in Da Nang was a record for brevity. Trump was not ready for the talks - he is bound hand and foot," Pushkov said.

    The senator also stressed that the relationship between the US and …

  • Trump leaves APEC Summit reception without talking to Putin

    US President Donald Trump left early from an official reception in honor of the APEC Summit leaders, and did not speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin, RIA Novosti reported.

    Before his departure, Trump was photographed with leaders of other countries. Putin and Trump communicated with the closest neighbors at the table; they did not talk to one another, said the agency.

    White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that Putin and Trump were not scheduled to meet during the …

  • Russian Ambassador to the US: At the next meeting Trump and Putin will discuss Syria and North Korea

    Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump will meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit where they could discuss the fight against terrorism and conflicts in Syria and North Korea, as stated by Russia's ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, RIA Novosti reports.

    According to Antonov, "You don't have to be a politician or a diplomat to understand that the main problem is the fight against international terrorism." Antonov believes that …

  • Media: Trump repeatedly criticized Japan for not shooting down North Korean missiles

    During phone calls with leaders of countries in South-East Asia between August and October, US President Donald Trump repeatedly criticized Japan for not shooting down the North Korean ballistic missiles flying over its territory, reported Kyodo news agency with reference to diplomatic sources.

    According to Kyodo’s investigation, the American leader expressed extreme dissatisfaction regarding the absence of any action by Tokyo. “They should have shot them down. Why didn’t they shoot down the …

  • Kremlin: Putin and Trump to discuss Syria at next meeting

    Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s meeting at the APEC Summit in Vietnam is necessary in order for them to discuss the Syrian problem, said Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov, as reported by Interfax.

    Peskov emphasized that in US-Russian relations many matters have accumulated which require discussion by the heads of state. It is thus in the interests of both countries “for both presidents to find an opportunity for more or less prolonged communication”, he remarked.The two presidents will …

  • Putin says he is disappointed that Trump is not respected in the US

    Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his regret over the lack of respect that his American counterpart Donald Trump receives in his own country, the United States.

    According to Putin, Trump is worthy of respect. "Mr. Trump was chosen by the American people and, at least for this reason, he should be respected, even if they do not agree with some of his positions. He is disrespected in his country. This is a regrettable negative component of the American political system," TASS quoted …

  • Ukrainian ambassador to the US: at the next meeting Poroshenko and Trump will discuss implementation of joint agreements and outline the road ahead

    President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and US President Donald Trump will meet during the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly on Thursday, September 21. There they will discuss the results of the agreements reached at the meeting in June, wrote Valery Chaly, the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States, on his Facebook page.

    The two heads of state intend to outline plans for cooperating in global and regional security, defense, and economic and energy ventures. The ambassador thanked his …

  • Media: Russian hacker awaiting extradition to the US complained to Trump about American special services putting pressure on him

    Attorney Vladimir Makeev, who represents the interests of Russian citizen Yevgeny Nikulin, the defendant accused of organizing hacker attacks on US targets, wrote a letter to US President Donald Trump in which he complained about the behavior of US special agents, Izvestia newspaper reports, citing the letter in its possession.

    According to Izvestia, Makeev called on the American leader to pay attention to "illegal attempts by the US special services to obtain false testimony from a Russian …

  • Kremlin: Putin is pleased with his first meeting with Trump

    President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, was pleased with the results of his first meeting with US President Donald Trump during the two-day G20 summit in Hamburg, as stated by the spokesman of the head of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, in an interview with a Russian TV channels, RBC reports.

    "I can say unequivocally that Putin was pleased, and, frankly, I do not know President Trump at all, but it seemed to me that he, too, was satisfied with this meeting," Peskov said. …