Vladimir Putin invited Donald Trump to hold a meeting in Moscow. about this The Russian president spoke at a press conference following the BRICS summit.
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- Quote: “We are ready to invite President Trump to Moscow, he has, by the way, such an invitation, I told him about it,” stressed Putin . “I am ready to come to Washington if the appropriate conditions for work are created.”
- According to the Russian leader, such meetings are useful not only for Russia and the United States, but for the whole world. Putin also complimented his American counterpart, noting that "President Trump's big plus is that he strives to fulfill his promises, above all to the voters." According to the Russian president, this sets Trump apart from other leaders.
Context
- Last week, the first full-fledged meeting between Putin and Trump led to a serious political scandal in Washington. Critics of the president in Congress after it began to make attempts to bypass Trump to strengthen sanctions against Russia.
- The White House, which last Thursday invited Putin to visit Washington, this week postponed the meeting until early next year due to a "witch hunt" investigation into Russian interference in US elections.
- Two weeks after the Putin-Trump summit in Helsinki, the Russian political and business elite started talking about the possibility that the Russian leader overdid it by beating the American president, which could now lead to new US sanctions, Reuters wrote the day . before