Putin accuses ‘powerful’ forces in US of sabotaging summit with Trump
Moscow — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused forces in the US of trying to undermine the success of his first summit with US President Donald Trump, but said the two leaders had begun to improve US-Russia ties anyway. Putin and Trump sat down for their first summit in Helsinki on Monday, an event that sparked a storm of criticism in the US after Trump refused to blame the Russian leader for meddling in the 2016 US election, something Putin denies. Trump later said he had misspoken and accused "some people" of hating the fact that he got along with Putin. The White House has been struggling to contain a political outcry and confusion over the summit. Speaking to Russian diplomats from around the world assembled in Moscow, Putin said the Helsinki summit had been successful. "It was successful overall and led to some useful agreements. Of course, let’s see how events will develop further," he said, without elaborating. 'Sacrifice Russian-US relations' However, Putin sa...
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