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BREAKING: Biden and Putin shake hands at opening of daylong summit amid tensions over human rights, Ukraine and ransomware.
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Presidents Biden and Putin are meeting now in Geneva for the first time in a decade. Biden last met Putin when the Russian leader was prime minister and the American was serving as vice president.
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Opening summit, Putin says he hopes for 'productive' meeting, as Biden says 'it is always better to meet face to face'. apne.ws/LYn9IpM

For months, Biden and Putin have traded sharp rhetoric. Both sides set out to lower expectations ahead of the talks, which are expected to last four to five hours. apne.ws/ZXT45ye

The White House says that Biden was not suggesting to reporters that he trusts Putin with his reaction to a reporter's question.

Communications director Kate Beddingfield said there was a “chaotic scrum with reporters shouting over each other."

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The Biden-Putin summit began with several minutes of unusually fierce shoving and shouting among U.S. and Russian journalists and security forces. One U.S. reporter was knocked to the ground before calm was restored. apne.ws/tyPBwwB

The European Union’s top diplomat warns the bloc’s testy relations with Russia will probably get worse and that EU member countries must not let Moscow divide them. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell spoke as Biden and Putin were meeting in Geneva. apne.ws/xquBhCX

BREAKING: The summit meetings between President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have concluded after about four hours, the White House says. apne.ws/IcMbVpg

The Biden-Putin summit wrapped up more quickly than was expected. The two sides said they expected to meet for four to five hours ahead of the meeting in Geneva, but the two leaders spent less than three hours together. apne.ws/PPQpShe

BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin says meeting with President Joe Biden was constructive, countries agreed to return ambassadors to posts in bid to lower tensions. apne.ws/slAdZF4

Russian President Vladimir Putin says opposition leader Alexei Navalny got what he deserved when he was sentenced to prison. Navalny was arrested after recovering from a nerve agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin — an accusation Russia denies. apne.ws/th4sxAa

President Joe Biden says he told Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting that he will always raise issues of "fundamental human rights," including the treatment of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and two Americans jailed in Russia. apne.ws/4fYzYD7

President Biden said he and Russian President Putin discussed keeping critical infrastructure off-limits to cyberattacks. Biden said after his summit meeting with Putin that 16 types of infrastructure should be off limits, including energy and water. apne.ws/R0kLIgM