Articles written by Jonathan Lemire & Vladimir Isachenkov


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  • What They Want: Divergent goals for Biden, Putin at summit

    JONATHAN LEMIRE and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV|Jun 16, 2021

    GENEVA (AP) — An American president won't side with Moscow over his own intelligence agencies. There will be no talk of a "reset" in Russian relations. And it is highly doubtful that anyone will gaze into Vladimir Putin's eyes and discuss his soul. But beyond that, it's not clear what will happen Wednesday in Geneva when President Joe Biden meets Putin for the first time since taking office. Both sides acknowledge that the relationship between the two nations is dismal and neither holds out much hope for meaningful areas of agreement. Still, e...

  • Trump congratulates Putin, gets backtalk from Republicans

    JONATHAN LEMIRE and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV|Mar 21, 2018

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to congratulate him on his re-election, drawing bruising criticism from members of his own party, including a leading senator who scorned the election as a "sham." Trump also said he and Putin might meet "in the not too distant future" to discuss the arms race and other matters. What they didn't discuss on Tuesday was noteworthy as well: Trump did not raise Russia's meddling in the U.S. elections or its suspected involvement in the recent poisoning of a...