Putin: US-Russia relations getting 'worse and worse'
Russian President Vladimir Putin says relations between Moscow and Washington are getting "worse and worse" due to the current US administration's sanctions against Russia.
Putin made the remarks in an interview with Russia's Mir TV channel published on Thursday, ahead of a G20 summit in Japan later this month at which he might meet US President Donald Trump.
Our relations "are going downhill, they are getting worse and worse,” the Kremlin quoted Putin as saying in the interview.
“The current administration has approved, in my opinion, several dozen decisions on sanctions against Russia in recent years,” he added.
“We really hope that common sense will prevail in the end,” said Putin.
“That with all of our partners, including our American partners... we can reach some decisions in the framework of the forthcoming G20 that will be constructive and create the necessary stable conditions for economic cooperation,” the Russian president stated.
Trump said on Wednesday that he would meet the Russian leader at the G20 summit in Japan, a day after Moscow said the idea for the meeting was “hanging in the air” and that there were no discussions on specifics yet.
The US president also expressed hope that his country would have “a great relationship with Russia,” while at the same time pledging to deploy 1,000 US troops to Poland.
Relations between the two countries remain strained over such issues as Syria and Ukraine as well as allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, which Moscow denies.
The Russian leader contrasted Moscow's troubled relationship with Washington with what he referred to as ts blossoming ties with China, a deepening strategic friendship that has alarmed the US.
Putin also expressed certainty that his country will eventually restore its relations with Ukraine.
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