Preparations under way for meeting between Trump and Putin, Russia says

Russian and US leaders will meet face to face in move towards normalising relations, deputy foreign minister says

Donald Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, in 2017. Picture: Evan Vucci/AP

Preparations are under way for a face-to-face meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Russia’s deputy foreign minister has said.

It marks a dramatic shift away from Western isolation of Moscow over its war in Ukraine.