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How Did Trump Do vs. Putin? Here's What Media Are Saying

Praise from CNN's Gergen but NYT's Kristof muses if Putin 'had Trump for lunch'

(Newser) - How did President Trump do at his first meeting with Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit, which the Wall Street Journal says was hyped by the media "into virtually the second coming of the Reykjavik Summit?" Though the Journal gives the prez a thumbs up, reaction in other quarters...

Trump, Putin's '30-Minute' Meeting Lasted 136 Minutes

Details on what they discussed are starting to trickle out

(Newser) - President Trump's meeting with Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Germany Friday was scheduled to last just 30 minutes. Instead, per a State Department spokesperson, the meeting went on for two hours and 16 minutes, the AP reports. What you need to know:
  • The extended
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Here&#39;s the Trump-Putin Greeting
Here's the
Trump-Putin
Greeting
Jul 7, 2017 9:39 AM CDT

Here's the Trump-Putin Greeting

G20 summit begins

(Newser) - For the first time since becoming POTUS, Donald Trump has met Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting happened on the sidelines of what Reuters calls a "closely watched" G20 summit. They're not kidding, considering the first media coverage coming out of the summit focuses on the handshake between...

World&#39;s Eyes on Trump, Putin Meeting
Why Meeting With Trump
Could Be 'Win-Win' for Putin
THE RUNDOWN
Jul 7, 2017 6:33 AM CDT

Why Meeting With Trump Could Be 'Win-Win' for Putin

Trump says they have 'much to discuss'

(Newser) - The world's eyes are on Hamburg, where G20 leaders are meeting—and where Vladimir Putin and President Trump shook hands for the first time Friday. The two will hold a much-anticipated one-on-one meeting later in the day. Trump tweeted early Friday that he is looking forward to all his...

Trump, Putin to Officially Meet
It's Official:
Trump, Putin
to Meet in
Germany
THE RUNDOWN
Jul 4, 2017 12:30 PM CDT

It's Official: Trump, Putin to Meet in Germany

The world will be watching Friday

(Newser) - In what is sure to be a closely watched event, President Trump will have his first official meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. Announced by a Russian official Tuesday, and later confirmed by the White House, the meeting will take place as the leaders attend the G20 summit...

Report: Trump Wants List of 'Deliverables' to Offer Putin

Trump and Putin will meet next week in Germany

(Newser) - Donald Trump will have his first face-to-face meeting with Vladimir Putin as president during next week's G20 summit in Germany, Politico reports. The meeting—which won't be formal but rather happen "on the sidelines"—was announced by national security adviser HR McMaster on Thursday. He says...

Trump Hits Obama Over Russian Bombshell

Says if former president knew in advance of election, 'why no action?'

(Newser) - President Trump has apparently read the Washington Post's bombshell report about Russian meddling in the November election that sent him to the White House, and he's dinging his predecessor for his failure to act, reports the BBC . He tweeted Saturday night: "Since the Obama Administration was told...

Report Exposes Super-Secret CIA Memo on Putin

Washington Post takes in-depth look at US response to Russian hacking

(Newser) - The Washington Post takes an in-depth look at how the US investigation into Russian hacking of the 2016 election unfolded, with a particular focus on the Obama administration's response. It includes a damning quote from an anonymous former Obama official: "It is the hardest thing about my entire...

Sarcastic Putin Offers Comey Asylum
Sarcastic Putin
Offers Comey
Asylum
Jun 15, 2017 9:42 AM CDT

Sarcastic Putin Offers Comey Asylum

He compares former FBI chief to Edward Snowden

(Newser) - NPR's Steve Inskeep calls it "world class trolling." Vladimir Putin joked on Thursday that Russia would be happy to offer asylum to James Comey if he runs into legal trouble in the US, reports the Guardian . It came during Putin's annual live call-in show with Russians...

Oliver Stone's Defense of Putin Doesn't Play Well on Colbert

Says Russian leader has been 'insulted and abused' as audience groans

(Newser) - Oliver Stone is making the rounds to promote his four-part documentary series for Showtime on Vladimir Putin, and he didn't exactly get softball treatment from Stephen Colbert on Monday night. (Video here .) Colbert began by pointing out that Stone has "gotten a little heat" from critics who...

As Protests Begin in Russia, One High-Profile Arrest

Alexei Navalny's wife tweeted he was arrested, but 'plans haven't changed'

(Newser) - As tens of thousands protest corruption throughout Russia on Monday, prominent opposition figure Alexei Navalny is not among them. Navalny was reportedly arrested 30 minutes before things were set to kick off in Moscow, with wife Yulia tweeting, "Alexei has been arrested in the entrance to our block of...

Putin: &#39;I&#39;m Not a Woman, So I Don&#39;t Have Bad Days&#39;
Putin: 'I'm Not a
Woman, So I Don't
Have Bad Days'
documentary
Jun 7, 2017 4:22 PM CDT

Putin: 'I'm Not a Woman, So I Don't Have Bad Days'

A look at Oliver Stone's Putin documentary

(Newser) - Oliver Stone's The Putin Interviews, a four-part documentary for which the director got "extensive access" to the Russian president between July 2015 and February 2017, airs on Showtime June 12-15, and Bloomberg got early access to the first two episodes. Bloomberg notes that they offer "little that'...

Putin: 'Have You All Lost Your Senses Over There?'

He denies having damaging information on Trump

(Newser) - If the Russians really do have sensitive information on President Trump, Vladimir Putin certainly isn't willing to admit to it in a televised interview with an American network. In an interview with NBC News' Megyn Kelly aired Sunday, the former KGB agent rejected suggestions that Moscow had a dossier...

Putin Says He Barely Recalls Flynn From Russian Dinner

'I didn't even really talk to him'

(Newser) - Megyn Kelly's new show debuts Sunday on NBC, and she scored quite the coup for her very first interview: none other than Vladimir Putin. In an excerpt she previewed on Meet the Press, Kelly showed an exchange that might be good news for Michael Flynn on the investigative front...

Gore on Trump&#39;s Tweets: It&#39;s Not &#39;Time to Be Divisive&#39;
Gore Accuses
Trump of Being
'Divisive' With
London Tweets
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Jun 4, 2017 10:28 AM CDT

Gore Accuses Trump of Being 'Divisive' With London Tweets

Trump criticized and misquoted London mayor in tweet

(Newser) - Al Gore appeared on CNN's State of the Union Sunday to take President Trump to task for criticizing and misquoting London Mayor Sadiq Khan in a tweet while the latter attempts to deal with the aftermath of Saturday's deadly attack. “I don’t think that a major...

Putin: Maybe Some 'Patriotic' Russian Hackers Were at Work

But he insists that Moscow did not sanction any state meddling in US election

(Newser) - US intelligence agencies have accused Russia of hacking into Democratic Party emails, helping to seal President Trump's election victory, but Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that the Russian state has never engaged in hacking—and scoffed at allegations that hackers could influence the outcome of US elections. Speaking at a...

Standing Next to Putin, Macron Tears Into Russian Media

French president hosts his Russian counterpart at Versailles

(Newser) - French President Emmanuel Macron hosted Russia's Vladimir Putin at the sumptuous royal palace in Versailles on Monday to talk about cooperating on fighting terror. The visit demonstrated Macron's prowess in global politics, as he secured that goal but pulled no punches in a blistering attack on Russian state...

Bad Joke or Trump Scoop? Post Has a New Recording

Kevin McCarthy spoke of candidate Trump being on Putin's payroll: 'Washington Post'

(Newser) - The Washington Post has another front-pager on President Trump in regard to Russia: It dug up a recording from June 2016, a month before Trump clinched the nomination, in which House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy tells a few fellow House members he thinks Trump is on Vladimir Putin's payroll....

Putin: 'Political Schizophrenia' Gripping US

Defends Trump, says he'll hand over transcript of the White House meeting

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin says President Trump did not reveal classified information during his White House meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and that a transcript can prove it, reports the Hill . The Russian president said Wednesday that he would be willing to provide the transcript of the meeting to Congress...

Russian Opposition Leader Blinded With Toxic Green Dye

Assailant threw 'weapon of choice' on Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in Moscow

(Newser) - Russia may soon have a president with a "stylish white eye." Not Vladimir Putin, but Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader who made the joke after a not-so-funny incident last week that may leave him partially blind. The New York Times reports Navalny was attacked Thursday in Moscow...

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