Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung reported on Sunday, that the meeting of Russian leader Vladimir Putin to US President Donald Trump held 15 of July in Vienna.
According to the newspaper, in the Austrian capital, held talks Russian and US diplomats, which discussed the possibility of the Russian-US summit at the presidential level.
At the request of RIA Novosti to comment on this post, President's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said, that is not yet ready to provide information on this issue, which is in the stage of development.
We inform as soon as available, Peskov added.
Recall, Thursday Donald Trump said, that the meeting with Vladimir Putin, perhaps, in July. On the same day it became known, that the adviser to President John Bolton is going to visit Moscow in late June, to discuss preparations for the summit.
This information was confirmed by the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, adding, that Bolton will be in Moscow on Sunday or Monday.
On the eve of the Federation Council member Alexei Pushkov expressed the view, that the summit will take place only in the event, If the US side will refrain from any prerequisites.
wrong thinking, that the meeting with your president (Donald Trump) - this is a gift, he wrote in the "Twitter". Office Pushkov addressed to the Swedish diplomat and economist Anders Aslund, zayavyvshemu, The summit is possible only in the event, if the Kremlin will make some concessions, eg, in the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis. Aslund supported former US ambassador to Moscow, Michael McFaul.
Presidents of the USA and the Russian Federation met in person twice: In July last year, they held talks in Hamburg during the summit, "Big Twenty", and in November, the leaders talked "on their feet" in Da Nang at the APEC summit. After that Putin and Trump talked on the phone several times.
