‘Putin-Trump Summit To Have Limited Impact On Russia-U.S. Ties’ — Leadership Newspaper

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Experts on Friday said little could be expected from the Putin-Trump meeting, as the two sides are unlikely to end the state of “systemic confrontation” in the near future.

Russia and the U.S. have confirmed their respective presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will hold a full-fledged summit in Finland’s capital Helsinki on July 16, widely seen as a signal of the two countries’ willingness to start mending their worsening relations.

The long-delayed summit comes at a time when Russia-U.S. relations have deteriorated to a record level due to multiple disputes including alleged Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign and divergence in Syria and Ukraine.

“We are now in a state of confrontation with the U. S.,” said Dmitry Suslov, deputy director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

Suslov said that an unacceptable “pre-war situation” has developed…



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