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PRESIDENT Biden got in a last jab at Putin after their meeting when he gifted the Russian president a pair of aviator sunglasses from a brand that produces the shades for US military pilots and NATO allies.

The gift marked the end of a tense one-day summit in Geneva in which Biden confronted Putin over Russian cyberattacks.

The glasses, produced by Randolph USA, are also in a style favored by Biden, who is often seen sporting them on the tarmac, .

Biden also gifted the Russian President with a crystal sculpture of a American bison, the official US mammal, atop a cherry wood base, a reference to George Washington's cherry tree.

Although gift giving is common among world leaders after negotiations, Putin has yet to give one back to Biden.

Read our Biden live blog below for the very latest news and updates... 

  • PUTIN SOLO PRESS CONFERENCE CONCLUDES

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has concluded his press conference with reporters.

    He ended the session after fielding questions from US and Russian press for just shy of an hour.

    Biden is due to hold his own press conference at 1.30 ET.

  • PUTIN: BIDEN DIDN'T EXTEND WHITE HOUSE INVITE

    Vladimir Putin told reporters that Biden didn't extend him an invitation to the White House during their summit Wednesday.

    Putin said he also hasn't invited the US President to visit the Kremlin.

    Elaborating a bit on Biden’s negotiating style, Putin described the US president as a “very constructive” and “balanced” politician.

    Putin said he believed he and Biden were speaking “the same language” in their meeting.

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  • 'THE PIPELINE SUMMIT'

    Republican Senator Ted Cruz has "renamed" President Biden's meeting with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin the "Pipeline Summit".

    The meeting comes just weeks after Russian group DarkSide hacked the Colonial Pipeline which caused chaos along the East Coast as fuel stations ran dry.

    And, Biden waived US sanctions on the company behind the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

    The president said: “To go ahead and impose sanctions now would, I think, be counter-productive in terms of our European relations.”

     

  • PUTIN CITES BLACK LIVES MATTER AND CAPTIOL RIOTERS WHEN ASKED ABOUT CRACKDOWNS ON KREMLIN CRITICS

    Rachel Scott of ABC News asked Vladimir Putin about how he has responded to political opposition in Russia.

    Scott said to Putin, “The list of your political opponents who are dead, imprisoned or jailed is long. ... My question is, Mr President, what are you so afraid of?”

    Putin replied by equating the jailing of his opponents, such as Alexi Navalny, to the charges filed against the more than 500 rioters in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

    "As for who is killing whom and throwing whom in jail, people came to the US Congress with political demands," Putin said. "They face prison sentences of up to 20, maybe even 25 years."

    "They are being called 'domestic terrorists.' They are being accused of a number of other crimes," he added

    "We sympathize with what is happening in the states, but we do not wish that to happen in Russia,” Putin said.

  • PUTIN: BIDEN A 'CONSTRUCTIVE PERSON' AND 'EXPERIENCED STATESMEN'

    Vladimir Putin described Joe Biden as "very different" from his predecessor former President Donald Trump during a Wednesday press conference.

    Putin was asked by US media about comments Biden previously made, in which he claimed he looked into the eyes of the Russian leader and "didn't see a soul."

    "I don't remember such a conversation," Putin said.

    "[But if you ask me what kind of a person he is, he is a constructive person, a seasoned politician - and that's what I expected.

    "He recalled his family and conversations with his mother. While that didn't have anything to do with our business, it shows who he is and his moral values.

    "It is clear to me that we did speak the same language," he added. "That certainly doesn't mean we must look into each others' eyes and find a soul."

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  • PUTIN SAYS HE AND BIDEN AGREED RUSSIAN AND US ABASSADORS WILL RETURN TO THEIR POSTS

    Vladimir Putin announced that he and Biden agreed that their ambassadors can return to their respective posts in Russia and the United States.

    We’ve reached an agreement that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia and the U.S. State Department would begin consultations on the full range of interaction on the diplomatic track,” Putin said.

    He didn't offer a timeline for when that would happened, but said timing was merely "a technical issue."

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  • PUTIN: RUSSIA IS A MAJOR VICTIM OF CYBER HACKS, NOT JUST UNITED STATES

    Although Putin conceded that the United States was the victim of the greatest number of cyberattacks, he said that Russia was also a major victim of similar hacks.

    “We encounter this every year. For example, one of the health systems in a very important part of Russia was attacked. So, it means that this work is being coordinated,” Putin said.

    “In the US, I don't think that the US administration is particularly interested in organizing that or looking into it. All they do is to make insinuations.

    "What we need is expert consultations between us. We agreed to that, in principle, Russia is prepared for that.”

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  • PUTIN: BIDEN IS 'DIFFERENT' TO TRUMP

    When fielding a question from a Russian reporter on Wednesday, Putin name-checked former President Donald Trump when discussing his summit with Biden.

    "His predecessor had a different view, he decided to evade the question. This one decided to act differently," Putin said of Biden.

    "His reply was different from Trump's. He's very different to President Trump."

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  • PUTIN: US AND RUSSIA WILL 'BEGIN CONSULTATIONS' OVER CYBER SECURITY

    The United States and Russia are going to begin consultations on cybersecurity, Putin told reporters on Wednesday.

    Such talks will include "responsibilities and who should take them," Putin said.

    It comes after a series of attacks on US interests over the last year that have been linked back to Russia-based hacking groups.

    Putin has denied any Kremlin involvement in the hacks, insisting on Wednesday that Russia faces similar threats.

  • PUTIN: 'NOTHING TO DISCUSS' ON UKRAINE JOINING NATO

    Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that he had discussed the subject of Ukraine with President Joe Biden.

    As far as Ukraine joining NATO, “I don’t think there is anything to discuss there," he said.

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  • BIDEN AND PUTIN TALKS ENDED EARLIER THAN EXPECTED

    The highly-anticipated talks between Biden and Putin concluded far earlier than White House aides had been anticipating.

    The two men spent two hours and 38 minutes meeting together, according to the White House.

    The US President had been preparing to speak with Putin for up to five hours, officials earlier suggested.

    It's unclear why the talks ended earlier. Putin described the summit as "constructive."

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  • BIDEN GIVES THUMBS UP AFTER LEAVING SUMMIT

    The summit between Putin and Biden came to a close earlier than expected, with the US President first to leave Villa La Grange, in Geneva.

    A smiling Biden offered a thumbs-up to reporters as he departed.

    He is due to hold a solo press conference later today.

  • PUTIN: 'NO HOSTILITY' DURING BIDEN SUMMIT

    Vladimir Putin insisted there was no hostility when he met Biden for the first time on Tuesday during a highly-anticipated summit in Geneva, Switzerland.

    Putin described the talks as "constrctive" with both sides expressing a willingness to "understand one another and find common ground."

    Credit: Reuters
  • LEADER JUST 'TOUCHED' ON ACCESSION TO NATO

    President Putin said he and President Biden just "touched" upon the subject of potential Ukrainian accession to NATO.

  • PUTIN SPEAKS AFTER BIDEN SUMMIT

    Putin is holding a press conference with reporters after his summit with President Joe Biden.

    He opened by assuring that both he and Biden strive to find "common ground."

  • GOP REP 'HOPES BIDEN DOESN'T RETURN ALASKA'

    Republican congresswoman Lauren Boebert hopes Joe Biden "doesn't return Alaska" to president Putin.

    She tweeted: "I’m praying for America today, because there has never been a more unqualified person negotiating on our behalf."

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  • PUTIN IS A ‘GREAT DISRUPTOR’, CLAIMS CLINTON

    Hillary Clinton branded Vladimir Putin the “great disruptor” as she claimed he is a “mission to undermine democracies”.

    She told MSNBC: You take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution against enemies foreign and domestic.

    “What we’ve seen over the last 4 years, and particularly since our election in 2020, is that we have people within our own country who are doing Putin’s work.”

  • RIGHT OF GOP ‘FLIRTING’ WITH PUTIN MODEL, SAYS CLINTON

    Former First Lady Hillary Clinton said there has been a “big flirtation” with the so-called Putin model on the right of the Republican Party.

    The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Wednesday.

    She was asked if lawmakers would support Biden on what he says to Vladimir Putin at today’s summit in Geneva.

    Clinton said: “There has been, as you rightly know, a big flirtation by some of the right in the Republican Party with the Putin model. They really resonate to the authoritarianism (sic).”

  • ‘A WORTHY ADVERSARY’

    Joe Biden laughed when he was asked if he still thinks Vladimir Putin is a “killer” and said the Russian leader is a “worthy adversary.”

    The president was speaking during a press conference on Monday afternoon that he turned up to two hours late.

    Joe Biden previously said that he believes Putin is a “killer,” something that the Russian president denied ever speaking to the American about.

    When asked back in March if Biden believes Putin is a killer in an interview with ABC, the president replied: 

  • PRESIDENT PUTIN PRESS CONFERENCE EXPECTED

    Vladimir Putin will hold a press conference at 12pm ET, according to reports.

  • IN PICTURES: PUSHING AND SHOVING AT GENEVA SUMMIT

    Reporters were "manhandled" by security agents as Biden's summit with Vladimir Putin got off to a chaotic start.

    The leaders were sitting in a library along with their delegates as chaos unfolded around them.

    Journalists were pushed and shoved with one reporter branded the scenes as “chaotic”.

    Some reporters didn't even make it into La Villa Grange - the venue for the historic summit.

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  • BIDEN PRESS CONFERENCE LATER

    Joe Biden will hold a press conference at 1:30pm ET, The White House has confirmed.

  • ‘A BLOODBATH FOR AMERICAN INTERESTS’

    Donald Trump Jr doesn’t appear to be optimistic about Joe Biden’s summit with Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland.

    He tweeted: “Does anyone think that the Biden-Putin meeting will be anything but a bloodbath of American interests?”

    Talks are underway between Biden and Putin and it’s reported that discussions could last as long as five hours.

    Biden will give a solo press conference after the summit before jetting back to DC.

  • PROTESTS TAKE PLACE AS LEADERS MEET

    Activists called on Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to reduce their nuclear arsenal as they unfurled a banner across Lake Geneva.

    Biden and Putin are locked in historic talks at the luxury La Villa Grange.

    Swiss anti-nuclear group Campax want the leaders to scrap their existing warheads and stop investing in developing nuclear arsenal, AP reports.

    A series of protests have taken place around the summit.

  • PUTIN SPRINTS DOWN PLANE

    Russian president Vladimir Putin sprinted down the plane steps in a stark contrast to Joe Biden’s recent tumbles on Air Force One.

     quickly descended the steps of his jet as he landed in  to meet with .

    The moment was a huge disparity to how Joe Biden ascended Air Force One back in March when he was caught stumbling a total of three times.

    Worrying footage shows the president, 78, tripping on the stairs just months after injuring his foot.

     was on his way to  to meet with Asian community leaders following the .

    He tripped a total of three times as he made his way up the stairs to board the aircraft.

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