Russia Plays Down Expectations for Early Putin-Trump Summit

[lostincalifornia]

The Kremlin sought to tamp down expectations for a quick summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump as European leaders urged an immediate ceasefire in the war in Ukraine.

“The work ahead will be challenging,” Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, according to the Interfax news service. “Neither President Trump nor President Putin have given a precise timeframe. Preparation, serious preparation, is needed.”

On Thursday, Trump announced after phone talks with the Russian leader that they’d meet in Budapest, Hungary, “within two weeks or so” to try to reach a deal to stop the war. He said Secretary of State Marco Rubio would lead US officials in high-level talks with Russian counterparts this week to work out details for the summit.

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The comments cast a shadow on the preparations for a summit aimed at ending the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine that’s now in its fourth year. The proposal to hold the talks in Budapest had already been criticized by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other European leaders, due to Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Russia-friendly stance.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-21/russia-says-lavrov-and-rubio-reached-no-agreement-on-meeting

[Lovie777]

1. President Z hopefully will watch his back..................

shithole and Putin alongwith Orban in not too friendly Budapest, Hungary. Ugh.

[themaguffin]

2. as if anyone other than Russia and Donnie have any expectations.

[usonian]

3. It ain't about Europe. It's about another bid to buy Putin's videos.

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