Putin to meet with Obama

MOSCOW, September 28. /TASS/. The first full-format meeting of the Russian and US presidents in two years will take place Monday in New York. After their speeches at the UN General Assembly session, Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama will hold a conversation that will last about an hour. Putin and Obama last held talks in June 2013 on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Northern Ireland. However, since the start of 2014, the Russian-US relations have declined against the backdrop of the Ukrainian crisis. After that, Putin and Obama have only twice had a short conversation on the move and several times spoken to each other by phone. Read more