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Trump-Putin summit

September 1, 2018 | 1:14pm
Location: HELSINKI, FINLAND, RUSSIA, UNITED STATES
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Trump-Putin summit
September 1, 2018

Lawyers for former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos say Donald Trump "nodded with approval" when Papadopoulos suggested he could facilitate a meeting between the Republican candidate and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

That contention is in a sentencing memorandum filed late Friday night. Defense lawyers are seeking probation for Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty last year to the FBI and is awaiting sentencing.

Prosecutors say Papadopoulos should serve at least some prison time.

In the sentencing memo, defense lawyers paint Papadopoulos as a young campaign aide who was in over his head with no experience in Russian foreign policy.

They say he was eager to show his value to the campaign and suggested during a March 2016 meeting that he could help arrange a meeting between Trump and Putin. — AP

August 23, 2018

Russian state media report that the top national security advisers for U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting in Geneva to discuss subjects including the presence of Iranian troops in Syria. — AP

July 28, 2018

President Donald Trump is open to visiting Moscow — if he gets a formal invitation from Vladimir Putin, the White House says.

Russian President Putin says he's game for a trip to Washington — but his answer came only after Trump retracted his invitation for a fall sit-down. 

The awkward back and forth is the latest round of summit drama flowing from the two leaders' controversial first meeting in Helsinki this month. — AP

July 20, 2018

President Donald Trump has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to the White House this fall for a second get-together, even as cleanup from the first continues with no letup.

A White House meeting would be a dramatic extension of legitimacy to the Russian leader, who has long been isolated by the West for activities in Ukraine, Syria and beyond.

No Russian leader has visited the White House in nearly a decade.

Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Trump has asked National Security Adviser John Bolton to invite Putin, and "those discussions are already underway."

Trump tweeted earlier that he looked forward to "our second meeting" as he defended his performance at Monday's summit. — AP

July 18, 2018

President Donald Trump is straining to "clarify" his public undermining of American intelligence agencies, saying he simply misspoke when he said he saw no reason to believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 U.S. election.

Trump says, "The sentence should have been, 'I don't see any reason why I wouldn't, or why it wouldn't be Russia" instead of "why it would."

Trump had made the comment Monday while standing alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.

On Tuesday, Trump didn't reverse other statements in which he gave clear credence to Putin's "extremely strong and powerful" denial of Russian involvement, raised doubts about his own intelligence agencies' conclusions and advanced discredited conspiracy theories about election meddling. — AP

July 17, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump is the beginning of Russia's path back from Western isolation.

Putin spoke to Fox News after his summit Monday with Trump.

The Russian leader says the recent U.S. indictment against 12 Russian military officials accused of hacking crimes during the 2016 presidential election is part of an internal political game. He is denying state-sanctioned Russian interference in the election.

Putin also denies having compromising information on Trump and says he "was of no interest for us" before he announced his run for presidency,

When asked why so many of his critics wind up dead, Putin is blaming troubles with crime in Russia and noting the U.S. has struggled, too, citing John F. Kennedy's assassination and clashes between police and civilians.

July 16, 2018

Trump and Putin are meeting privately, joined only by translators, in the Finnish Presidential Palace.

The two leaders entered the Gothic Hall with serious expressions, moving quickly to two ornate wooden chairs set before American and Russian flags. Trump sat upright as Putin appeared to lounge in his chair.

Trump deferred to Putin to make opening remarks, nodding along as his comments in Russian were translated. Trump predicted that the pair will have an "extraordinary relationship."

Trump initiated a brief handshake with Putin, as the assembled press jostled to capture the moment.

Putin appeared to smirk as Trump ignored shouted questions about whether he would warn the Russian leader against meddling in the 2018 midterm elections. — AP

July 16, 2018

The summit between Trump and Putin is offering a grab-bag of protests and demonstrations in Helsinki.

Abortion-rights activists are dressed in artificially bulging bellies and Trump masks. Anti-fascist protesters are bearing signs with expletive-laden insults. Other demonstrations involve free traders, anti-war Ukrainians and gay rights supporters.

Some demonstrators stayed near police barriers to try to register their complaints as the leaders sped by to the site of Monday's summit at Finland's Presidential Palace.

Others marched by Helsinki landmarks, far away from the leaders' gathering, but in clear view of curious onlookers and visitors to the city center.

The demonstrations are happening as Trump and Putin meet for their high-profile one-on-one meeting in Finland. — AP

July 16, 2018

Trump says at the start of his summit with Russia's Putin in Helsinki that he thinks "the world wants to see us get along."

Trump says the two countries have "great opportunities," saying they have not been getting along for the past few years. He says he thinks they can have an "extraordinary relationship."

He says their discussions will involve trade, the military, missiles, nuclear weapons and China, including their "mutual friend" China's Xi Jinping. He did not mention Russia's meddling in the US election.

The two leaders were seated together in a room adorned by American and Russian flags at the Finnish Presidential Palace, separated by a small table.

The meeting started about 45 minutes late following Putin's delayed arrival to Finland.  — AP

July 16, 2018

Putin says it's time to talk seriously with Trump about relations between their powerful nations and global problems.

Putin revealed little about his agenda in terse remarks at the start of talks with Trump in Helsinki.

While Trump spoke more extensively amid incessant clicks of cameras, Putin said only that "the time has come to talk thoroughly about bilateral relations as well as various hotspots in the world." He called the meeting part of "continued constant contacts" between the men.

Putin looked serious but smirked when journalists asked Trump about Russian meddling in the US presidential campaign. Trump refused to answer.

He and Trump shook hands briefly and headed into talks, which are being closely watched around the world. — AP

July 16, 2018

President Donald Trump has arrived at Finland's Presidential Palace for a summit with Putin.

Putin arrived minutes earlier at the palace in Helsinki for the summit, which consists of a one-on-one meeting and a larger working lunch, and will conclude with a joint news conference.

Monday's meeting is being closely watched on both sides of the Atlantic, coming days after the US Justice Department indicted 12 Russian military intelligence officers for their role in hacking Democratic entities during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Trump says he hopes for better relations with the Russian leader. He faces bipartisan skepticism in Washington that his desire for warming ties is displacing concerns over Russia's annexation of Crimea and other destabilizing actions. — AP

July 16, 2018

President Vladimir Putin is using a newly designed Russian limousine abroad for the first time to get to the summit with President Donald Trump in Finland.

Putin first used the Kortezh limousine during his inauguration in May but had never taken it abroad until now. Putin landed in Helsinki behind schedule for the summit.

The use of the Kortezh could be a show of Russian pride to counter the US president's world famous limousine known as "The Beast."

Putin's motorcade included several other vehicles of the same Kortezh, or Aurus family. — AP

July 16, 2018

President Vladimir Putin has arrived late for his high-profile meeting with President Donald Trump—another display of the Russian's leader famous lack of punctuality.

Putin's plane touched down in Helsinki 30 minutes later than planned, pushing back the start of his one-on-one talks with Trump Monday.

In the past, Putin was late for meetings with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Pope Francis, among many others.

In 2014, he was hours late for meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, after his previous stop in Serbia lasted longer than usual.

Often seen as a trick to throw his interlocutors off balance, Putin's tardy ways appear to be more of a personal trait than a well-calculated strategy. — AP

The top US diplomat says President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin should meet as planned on Monday despite new charges that 12 Russian intelligence officers hacked into Democratic email accounts during the 2016 US presidential election.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells journalists traveling with him that he is "confident" the meeting "will put America in a better place."

Pompeo— formerly director of the CIA— adds that it's "very important" that Trump and Putin meet.

In his prior role at the CIA, Pompeo vowed to fight Russian interference in US elections later this year.

Pompeo is scheduled to attend the summit Monday in Helsinki. — AP

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