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#BREAKING Biden, Putin hold first phone call, says White House

#BREAKING Biden raises concern with Putin over Navalny "poisoning," says White House

#BREAKING Biden tells Putin US supports Ukraine against Russian "aggression," says White House

#BREAKING Putin supports "normalisation" of relations with US, says Kremlin

#UPDATE President Joe Biden signalled a tougher US stance on Russia in his first phone call with President Vladimir Putin, raising concerns over human rights and "aggression" against Ukraine, but welcoming cooperation on a new nuclear weapons accord u.afp.com/Uixu

VIDEO: US President Joe Biden in his first phone call with Vladimir Putin since taking office raised concerns with the Russian leader over the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, White House press secretary Jen Psaki tells reporters