President-elect Vladimir Putin is sworn in during the inauguration ceremony (RIA Novosti / Dmitry Astakhov)
Putin Not Coming To U.S. For G-8 -- Foreign Policy
Russian President Vladimir Putin has informed the White House that he will not be coming to the United States for next week's G-8 summit at Camp David.
Putin will instead send Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to the meeting. Putin and Medvedev completed their job swap on Tuesday when the Russian parliament confirmed Medvedev to return to the position he held last time Putin was president. Putin was also sworn in as President on Tuesday and President Barack Obama called him Wednesday to congratulate him on his return to the top job in the Russian Federation.
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Update #1: Putin opts out of G-8 summit, cancels meeting with Obama -- FOX News
Update #2: Russia’s Putin says he’s skipping US economic summit, planned White House meeting with Obama -- Washington Post/AP
My Comment: But Putin will be attending the Rio summit later this month. Hmmmm .... so much for that reset.
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