Headline Roundup • May 25th, 2021
Biden To Meet With Putin in June
Summary from the AllSides News Team
President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet at a summit in Geneva, Switzerland on June 16, the White House confirmed Tuesday. The meeting, proposed by Biden in an April phone call, will be the two leaders’ first face-to-face meeting since Biden’s inauguration. It also comes at the end of Biden’s first international trip, in which he will visit the U.K. and Belgium for the G-7 and NATO summits. Tensions are high between the U.S. and Russia, due to Russia’s military buildup on the Ukrainian border; the poisoning and imprisonment of opposition leader Alexei Navalny; the Colonial Pipeline hack, allegedly carried out by a Russian-based cybercriminal group; Russia’s indifference towards Belarus’ recent and widely-criticized arrest of a journalist; U.S. sanctions on Russia over election interference and the SolarWinds hack; Russian nuclear deployments; and strong language used by the two leaders, including Biden calling Putin a "killer."
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Axios
President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 16 for their first in-person summit, the White House announced on Tuesday.
Why it matters: The highly anticipated summit offers an early test of the Biden administration's goal of holding Russia accountable for its abuses while seeking a more "stable" and "predictable" relationship.
The big picture: Tensions between the U.S. and Russia have soared in the first six months of the Biden presidency.
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Washington Examiner
President Joe Biden will meet face to face with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time as commander in chief next month.
The rivals will meet on June 16 in Geneva, Switzerland, as part of Biden's first presidential trip abroad to the United Kingdom and Europe, according to the White House.
"The leaders will discuss the full range of pressing issues, as we seek to restore predictability and stability to the U.S.-Russia relationship," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday in a statement.
New York Times (News)
President Biden will meet President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Geneva on June 16, the White House said Tuesday, the first face-to-face session between the two leaders at a time of extraordinary tension over Ukraine, cyberattacks and a raft of new nuclear weapons Mr. Putin is deploying.
The meeting is expected to focus heavily on preventing nuclear escalation. Geneva was also the site of the 1985 summit between Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader, and Ronald Reagan, also focused on the nuclear arms race.
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